Strange Exit
- Author Parker Peevyhouse
- Narrator Caitlin Davies
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 14 April 2020
- Run Time 6 hours and 1 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers.
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What to expect
Strange Exit is a suspenseful, near-future, stand-alone thriller by Parker Peevyhouse, perfect for fans of Kass Morgan’s The 100 and Patrick Ness’s More Than This.
Seventeen-year-old Lake spends her days searching a strange, post-apocalyptic landscape for people who have forgotten one very important thing: this isn’t reality. Everyone she meets is a passenger aboard a ship that’s been orbiting Earth since a nuclear event. The simulation that was supposed to prepare them all for life after the apocalypse has trapped their minds in a shared virtual reality and their bodies in stasis chambers.
No one can get off the ship until all of the passengers are out of the sim, and no one can get out of the sim unless they believe it’s a simulation. It’s up to Lake to help them remember.
When Lake reveals the truth to a fellow passenger, seventeen-year-old Taren, he joins her mission to find everyone, persuade them that they’ve forgotten reality, and wake them up. But time’s running out before the simulation completely deconstructs, and soon Taren is deciding who’s worth saving and who must be sacrificed for the greater good. Now, Lake has no choice but to pit herself against Taren in a race to find the secret heart of the sim, where something awaits that will either save them or destroy them all.
Critics Review
u201cMind-bendingu2026The intricate, ontological puzzle at the heart is grounded by relatable characters and desperate situations, and the tension increases with each layer of reality Lake peels away. Compulsively readable.u201d
u201cThis reality-bending work of science fiction narrated by Caitlin Daviesu2019 task is to keep listeners grounded while the storyu2019s bizarre and convoluted events unfold. She nails the listeners feet to the ground by choosing to narrate in a straightforward voice that makes one think that everything is going to be fine. Many of the characters are literally trapped inside pods with wires in their heads, so Daviesu2019s voice has a bit of an echo effect, which makes listeners feel as though theyu2019re in pods, too. It is a clever trick that works well.u201d
u201cPeevyhouse skillfully blurs boundaries and perceptions, with the simulationu2019s mutable reality hiding both questions and answers about whatu2019s really transpiring.u201d
u201cPeevyhouse is a master storyteller.u201d
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