The Elders announce they’ll breed with fertile females. Shea has two choices: breed with an Elder or fight, risking her life and the lives of her family.
They believed Daeios would be a safe haven.
They were wrong.
Fleeing apocalyptic weather, a young survivalist woman and her family seek safety deep underground. But a new danger awaits them.
When the leaders of the shelter announce their plans to repopulate the earth using all fertile females, Shea knows she will be forced to become a breeder. Horrified at her impending fate, Shea must make the gut-wrenching decision whether to breed with an elderly, sadistic man and bear his child, or to fight the breeding, knowing that defiance will endanger her life and that of those she loves most.
A dystopian thriller with overtones of The Handmaid’s Tale, Shea’s chilling story will appeal to readers with an interest in family and survival.
For mature audiences.
Excerpt
I exhale a sigh of relief. I’ve been holding my breath, but oh, my God, we have to get out of here before someone comes and sees what Mother has done. Someone may have heard the shots. We’ll leave, and the rain will cover our tracks, but we have to hurry. I lay my gun on the table and step down from the RV to help.
Mother faces me, and she’s terrifying. She’s all sharp angles and shadows and smeared mascara. I expect a thunderbolt and lightning and a bloodcurdling scream, but there’s nothing but hammering rain. My mother is soaked, her skirt clinging to her slender legs, her white bra showing through her blouse, translucent with rain. Her wet hair looks black in the gloom. Loose tendrils hang from her previously tidy bun. If she’s concerned about having killed a man, she doesn’t show it. It makes me wonder if there’s something in her past I don’t know about.
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Daeios: 140 Feet Down is one of those books that sounds intriguing, and then it ends up blowing you out of the water. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this novel.
Shea, a twenty-something woman, is living her life the way she wants. But apocalyptic weather forces her to return home to her family and take shelter underground, and her freedom to live how she wants becomes non-existent.
Daeios is a shelter run by religious zealots. Not only do they not allow anyone of another race (only white people allowed), if you're "imperfect" in some way (like tattoos, scars, etc), you can't belong to their shelter either. Only Elites are granted access to Daeios.
Once underground, things kinda suck for Shea, but she figures she'll adjust. Until one of the leaders announces all fertile females will be impregnated so they can work towards rebuilding the world.
Shea must make a decision: let it happen to her, or fight back. Both options have consequences, but which one is the lesser of two evils? How much is Shea willing to risk?
I was immediately hooked by the synopsis of this book, and it sucked me in pretty quickly.
I thought Shea was a great character. Even though she thought about leaving her family and going off on her own (after helping track down her drug-addicted brother), she stuck with them and went into Daeios with them instead.
I felt bad for Shea's brother. He was basically killing himself with this drug called Gloss, but once he made it to the shelter, well... I can't say anything, since that might spoil things.
Shea's mom was pretty bad-ass. I didn't think I'd like her, but her character arc made her out to be one of the best people in the book.
Plot-wise, Daeios is nicely paced, with a lot of stuff going on. It keeps you on your toes, and you'll find yourself cheering on Shea as you flip eagerly through the pages, needing to know what's going to happen next.
Also, that cover is pretty great. I really like it a lot.
If you're a fan of dystopian fiction, thrillers, or The Handmaid's Tale, you'll want to give Daeios a whirl. It's definitely well worth the read.
4.5 stars from me!
5.0 out of 5 stars an intense and fast paced read that is filled with suspense, deception and betrayal....
Daeios: 140 Feet Down is one of the best books I think I have ever read. It pulled me in from the first page and I don’t think it let go when I turned the last page. No this is one book that will stay with me for a very long time. I will not forget it for many years to come. Daeios: 140 Feet Down kept me on my toes as I followed Shea and her family as they fought the weather that was trying to destroy the world and them with it.
Daeios: 140 Feet Down opens with a young girl in college living on her own when her mother calls her for help in locating her brother Jace. Jace is hooked on a drug called gloss and is out in the rain. Shea’s mother, father and sister Maya are on their way to safety a 140 feet down to a place called Daeios. Daeios is a place created by the church where people who had bought their place could go to be safe from the weather.
In Daeios things are not as they appear and it doesn’t take Shea and her mother long to figure out that things seem suspicious and not quite right especially when people are banished and start to die under suspicious reasons. They are hiding something in Daeios but what?
When the breeding farm starts Shea is not sure how she is going to deal with it when it becomes her time to breed. Will she comply to the elders rules or will she fight back and put her families lives in danger and even cause herself to be banished or punished?
Daeios: 140 Feet Down is an intense and fast paced read that is filled with suspense, deception and betrayal to keep the pages rolling. It also has rape and torture for those who are unable to read this. Daeios: 140 Feet Down is a story that shows just how easy it would be to bring people into the fold and brainwash them into believing whatever they choice to make them believe.
Daeios: 140 Feet Down is a story that I would love to see on the big screen one day as it reminds me so much of The Handmaid’s Tale. If you like books, TV shows or movies like The Handmaid’s Tale then I highly recommend Daeios: 140 Feet Down. One click yourself a copy today!
Highly Recommend!
What can I say about this book? Wow!!! Wow!!! And Wow!!!
This is the authors debut novel and what a fantastic debut! Bravo!
The author engaged me in the plot from the very beginning. This is one of those books you will have a very hard time putting down. This book is a tragic dystopian story about a young college girl named Shea who is living in 2034 and there are a lot of bad things happening with the weather that endangers the earth and all those living on it. Shea's parents take her and her drug addicted brother and younger sister to a place built 144 ft into the earth. It is called Daeios; run by a group of religious gentlemen to save humanity. Shea and her mom soon discover that things are not what they seem. And so begins a story so quick moving and action packed you will be turning the pages oh so fast! I found this book so easy to read and so hard to put down.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK!
I can't wait to read Colleen Eccles Penor's next book. This is definitely the best book I've read so far in 2020, in fact in the last couple of years!
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