Ruptured (The Cantati Chronicles, #2) by Maggie Mae Gallagher Review

Ruptured: The Cantati Chronicles by Maggie Mae Gallagher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Ruptured takes place on Earth eighty-three years after the plant was invaded by demons. Humans are near extinct. Alana Devereaux is Platoon Commander tasked with hunting down demons and protecting humanity. However, much to her dismay, the Densare Council has sentences her to become a breeder.

Ruptured is the prequel to Anointed which I have not read, but have now put on my to-read list. It is a fast-paced and exciting novella that kept me on the edge of my seat.

Alana is a strong and worthy heroine. She is dedicated to the fight, almost to a fault. She is a good leader, proved by the loyalty of her squad. I felt sympathy for her situation; it would be very difficult and demeaning to endure.

Lieutenant Cade is a piece of work. I did not like the man. He may be a good fighter, but he is a chauvinistic control freak. It is understandable why Alana and Cade would bump heads.

I liked the members of Alana’s squad, especially, Luke and Quinten. They were both reasonable and dependable.

I enjoyed the plot. Maggie Mae Gallagher did an excellent job creating the mood and environment. Ruptured was believable and full of suspense. The ending left me curious about what is going to happen in the next book, Ascended.

Complimentary copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review.

Kindle Edition, 90 pages
Published September 16th 2014 by Maggie Mae Gallagher
original title: Ruptured
ASIN: B00NN5ZOU0
edition language: English
series: The Cantati Chronicles #2


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Ruptured (The Cantati Chronicles #2) by Maggie Mae Gallagher 
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Ruptured by Maggie Mae Gallagher: Giveaway

Ruptured

by Maggie Mae Gallagher

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It has been eighty-three years since the walls between Earth and Infernus fell, and now our world stands upon the razor’s edge of extinction. Demon platoons are marching upon us. My home, one of humanity’s last bastions of existence, is under siege.

My name is Alana Devereaux. I am the resident demon detector of Cantati Forces and Platoon Commander. My job is to hunt down the vermin unleashed upon my world, and I love it. I live for the day I can kick every last demon’s ass out of this world. Except as enemy forces reign down terror upon us, the Densare Council sentences me to a fate worse than death. 

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Excerpt

“Breeder.”

That word. The one thing I had attempted to escape my whole life. The dull gray walls of the Densare Council rang with impunity. I glanced around at the thirteen members, each sitting rigidly upon a stone chair that looked more like a small throne with intricately carved Celtic symbols paying tribute to a bygone era. They always reminded me of Celtic tombs.

The Densare Council ruled our world with an iron fist of justice created in the fiery destruction of the Mutari. When the Mutari hit Earth eighty-three years ago, mankind had been caught with their pants down around their knees. Drystan, Lord of Infernus, unleashed his demon armies upon the globe in a worldwide campaign to annihilate the human race. He almost succeeded.

The Densare Council, forged under an alliance of nations, sat in confident repose encased in their long white robes, their faces devoid of any remorse at my sentence. They governed and the people obeyed their orders without question.

I was never one for minding orders.

“But...my platoon. I'm the only one qualified to lead them.” Surely there were other Cantati women they could convert into Breeders. Our numbers were not that horrible. In fact, we had made a comeback from last year’s dismal head count. The human population stood at more than thirty thousand by our last estimates. My expertise was needed in the field, not the bed chamber. What was the point of making a child if you could not protect him or her? Maybe if the Densare Council left the safe confines of the Compound once in a while they would see what their rulings mitigated.

Author Bio

Bestselling Author Maggie Mae Gallagher doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t writing. When she was a kid she acted out her favorite scenes, only better, with her brother and cousin. As a teenager, she wrote reams of poetry, but realized her true love lay with creating characters and stories. A former music and history major, Maggie is a total geek at her core. When she is not writing, she adores attending the latest comic con or spending time with her family. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with her two furry felines.

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