Sunset, Water City, Chris McKinney
Sunset, Water City, Chris McKinney
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Sunset, Water City

Author: Chris McKinney

Narrator: Sophie Amoss

Unabridged: 11 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/05/2023


Synopsis

Year 2160: It’s been ten years since the cataclysmic events of Eventide, Water City, where 99.97 percent of the human population was possessed or obliterated by Akira Kimura, Water City’s renowned scientist and Earth’s former savior.

Our nameless antihero, a synesthete and ex-detective, and his daughter, Ascalon, navigate through a post-apocalyptic landscape populated by barbaric Zeroes—the permanent residents of the continent’s biggest landfill, The Great Leachate—who cling to the ways of the old world. They live in opposition to
Akira’s godlike domination of the planet—she has taken control of the population that viewed her as a god and converted them into her Gardeners, zombielike humans who plod along to build her vision of a new world.

What that world exactly entails, Ascalon is not entirely sure, but intends to find out. Now nineteen, she, a synesthete herself, takes over this story while her father succumbs to grief and decades of Akira’s manipulation. Tasked with the impossible, Ascalon must find a way to free what’s left of the human race.

Reviews

Goodreads review by vk

Well, I really liked the 1st two books but the 3rd was a little predictable and lackluster. I did not mind the changing of narrators. I loved it in fact. I loved this journey of Ascalon Lee from child into an Apex Predator. I just wish for more. The pacing was severely stalled in contrast to the 1st......more

Goodreads review by Chris

After the ending of Eventide I was floored! I was so happy to be able to read this last book in the trilogy. And what a book!! I loved it so much! There is so much going on and the ending, wow! read if your a fan of dystopian sci-fi, transhumanism, family, betrayal, hope for the future I just reviewed......more

Goodreads review by Fanchen

I got this book from a free giveaway. And since it is the third installment, I also read the first two of the trilogy. I am relieved that I can finally put this series behind me and never think about them again. It was quite an ordeal going through them, definitely not an enjoyable experience. My big......more

Goodreads review by Daniel

A good but ultimately underwhelming finale to the Water City trilogy. While I did enjoy my time with this story and I felt that it mostly wrapped things up in a satisfying way, I found myself not able to remain as immersed in the world as I was with the first 2 books in the trilogy. I think my main i......more