Author: Mark H. Kruger
Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN-10: 1442431288
ISBN-13: 978-1442431287
Synopsis:
The world’s safest town might actually be a deadly kind of dangerous. And Nica Ashley is about to learn the hard way.
Nica Ashley is accustomed to traveling the globe with her journalist mother, so when she gets sent to live in a small town with the father she barely knows, she’s in for a bit of a culture shock. Barrington prides itself on being a sleepy, family community with the lowest crime rates in the state of Colorado. There’s even a private security force run by Barrington Technology (BarTech) and a nightly curfew for all residents.
On Nica’s first day at school, she meets Jackson Winters and finds out he went from school superstar to living ghost after his girlfriend disappeared a few months ago. When Nica follows him out after curfew one night, they both witness a mysterious green flash—and the next morning the power has gone out and all the birds are dead.
But secrets are well and alive, and as Nica and some of her friends discover they now have abilities best described as “super,” they also realize that Barrington might not be so safe. And that BarTech is looking for them.
Writer and Producer of 4400, Mark H. Kruger has released his debut young adult novel, Overpowered. About a teenage girl, Nica, who has spent her life following her journalist mother all across the globe. Only to find herself dumped into Small Town USA to live with her father while her mother is on assignment in Antarctica.
As one tends to discover upon moving to a small town, the biggest secrets fester in the smallest towns. Even with Nica’s limited association with American schools it doesn’t take her long to figure out that something in the town of Barrington, Colorado and its high school don’t seem to make sense.
It didn’t take me long to power though the 400+ pages of this book. The writing is engaging and the pace is quick. The main characters are all written very differently, from the perfect cheerleader to the rebel to the science enthusiast, and I love how they’re brought together under the mysterious circumstances involving the strange green flash and the ever-lurking BarTech.
I’m always on the lookout for fast paced sci-fi books that I can easily devour in a few days and this is definitely one of those. It’s got an interesting mystery that can be easily invested in without being too heavy a story. There will, no doubt, be a sequel.
I give Overpowered Four Out of Five Stars.
Overpowered is available from Amazon. Here’s a link!
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