Under the Empyrean Sky, Chuck Wendig
Under the Empyrean Sky, Chuck Wendig
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Under the Empyrean Sky

Author: Chuck Wendig

Narrator: Nick Podehl

Unabridged: 7 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/03/2013

Synopsis

Fear the Corn.Corn is king in the Heartland, and Cael McAvoy has had enough of it. It’s the only crop the Empyrean government allows the people of the Heartland to grow—and the genetically modified strain is so aggressive that it takes everything the Heartlanders have just to control it. As captain of the Big Sky Scavengers, Cael and his crew sail their rickety ship over the corn day after day, scavenging for valuables. But Cael’s tired of surviving life on the ground while the Empyrean elite drift by above in their extravagant sky flotillas. He’s sick of the mayor’s son besting Cael’s crew in the scavenging game. And he’s worried about losing Gwennie—his first mate and the love of his life—forever when their government-chosen spouses are revealed. But most of all, Cael is angry—angry that their lot in life will never get better and that his father doesn’t seem upset about any of it. When Cael and his crew discover a secret, illegal garden, he knows it’s time to make his own luck...even if it means bringing down the wrath of the Empyrean elite and changing life in the Heartland forever.

About Chuck Wendig

Chuck Wendig is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Aftermath. He is also the author of The Kick-Ass Writer from Writer's Digest Books. His Miriam Black books are currently being adapted into a major TV series.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Choko on September 27, 2020

*** 3.25 *** Hahahaha! My first and lasting impression while reading this book was - maaaaannn, this author sure hates corn 🌽🌽🌽 and the Midwest, or as he calls it, the Heartland and the people who live in it. Being that I am one of those who lives in the heart of the Heartland, I actually understand......more

Goodreads review by Frankie on February 04, 2014

I liked Under the Empyrean Sky -- it entertained me, it was thought-provoking in many places, and it offered a compelling, disturbing view of a future America overrun by mutant corn. This would have been a solid four-star review, if not for one major problem: the book's treatment of women. This parti......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on July 24, 2019

This is a pretty cool mix between rural farmer YA life and a wickedly evil genetic nightmare of a world with a richer world floating above them. I mean, sure, it's about friendship and rivalries and getting on rickety hoverboats and avoiding the specter of genetic mutations deep in the plants that s......more

Goodreads review by Tracy on November 11, 2015

Under the Empyrean Sky is dystopian sci-fi which transports the reader effortlessly into its world and carries them along in a fast paced story with just about everything you could want. Within the first two pages, the reader immediately knows what is at stake for the main character, Cael, and gets......more

Quotes

“This strong first installment rises above the usual dystopian fare thanks to Wendig’s knack for disturbing imagery and scorching prose.” —Publishers Weekly“Wendig brilliantly tackles the big stuff—class, economics, identity, love, and social change—in a fast-paced tale that never once loses its grip on pure storytelling excitement. Well-played, Wendig. Well-played.” —Libba Bray, author of the Gemma Doyle Trilogy, Going Bovine, and The Diviners“A tense dystopian tale made more strange and terrifying by its present-day implications.” —Booklist

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