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Weekend Reads Presents: Idyllic Avenue #fivestarreview

5/15/2015

 
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Chad Ganske ROCKS the sci-fi world!

About Idyllic Avenue

Stanford Samuels hopes to be inside the massive bio-dome that will offer protection from the permanent night. But the dome is for the genetically perfect, and Stanford, like many others, is a mutant.

In an effort to increase the Perfect population, mutants are paired with Perfects capable of eradicating the defective genes and producing flawless children.

But when androids are designed to produce Perfect human offspring, the need for the mutants dwindles. And their chances of making it into the dome are greatly reduced.

As unending night approaches, a terrorist group of mutants wages war against the Perfects for their right to survive.

With his own life in the balance, Stanford is caught between the two sides and must choose one or be left alone in the dark.

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Chad Gansky has hit a home run with Idyllic Avenue. I downloaded Kindle for Android and took Idyllic Avenue with me everywhere I went. From Home Depot to Target to JC Penny, I couldn't put my phone  down.  My husband got a little cranky because he did all the driving.

On a more serious note, I love Ganske's writing. He is a young man with a lot of talent and I expect great things from him in the future. His writing style is fluid, the characters are fascinating, and he weaves a tale of sci-fi any hard core science fiction fan is going to love.

The imagery Ganske  uses draws you in and won't let go. You can see his  imagination fired this novel and he peoples his world with souls undergoing the search for life and for an idyllic world. It is the cost for that state of perfectionism that makes his novel so compelling. It is a peek into human nature, love, and loss with opinions and ideas that differ from one person to the other keeping you riveted throughout the entire novel.

Ganske should be proud of Idyllic Avenue. This novel comes highly recommended and I am sure (I hope) another is just around the corner.

Louann




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Chad Ganske was born in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada in 1976, relocating with his family to the small harbor town of Sidney, British Columbia in the late eighties. After graduating from high school in 1994, he enrolled at the University of Victoria but left after one semester to enter the workforce. He slogged through a variety of entry-level jobs before publishing his first novel, Idyllic Avenue. The sequel to Idyllic Avenue is in the works. He presently resides in Victoria, British Columbia, where he spends a great deal of time alternating between states of elation and frustration while watching the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League.

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