An exciting, well written story which will keep you entertained until the very end.
Lynette Noni is an Australian author who lived in outback Australia until she moved to the Sunshine Coast. She is the author of the 5-book fantasy series The Medoran Chronicles, and Whisper is the first of two current books in the “Whisper” series. She studied journalism, academic writing and human behaviour before beginning her career as a fiction writer. And I for one am so glad she did! I found it hard to put this book down.
Jane Doe has spent the last two years in a facility underground where she has been living in a sparse cell, wearing nothing but what could only be described as a pillow case with holes for the arms. She is only taken out of this cell to be poked, prodded and experimented on. She is told nothing and is known as subject Six-Eight-Four. Jane remembers her past but will tell no-one and refuses to speak. Before coming to the facility, she remembers checking herself into a hospital. This is all we are told at the beginning and from then on, we are on an exciting ride as we discover why she is there and who she can trust.
We are only given small amounts of information as we move through the book and this keeps us hanging on every word. We meet Ward and his sister Cami, the first people Jane Doe has been allowed to freely speak to, but can they be trusted? Why is everyone so hell bent on wanting her to speak and who are these people who keep her locked up and handcuffed?
We meet the evil scientist who daily causes Jane pain with his experiments. Her one bright moment each day is her physical fitness program with an instructor who almost treats her as a human. She is fed on nothing more than gruel. And there is the Falon, the Director of the facility who delivers her a dire warning.
I felt Jane’s pain, both physical and mental, throughout the novel and the people were all very real with well-rounded characters, although we were only privy to small pieces of them at a time. We learn that Jane has abilities which she can’t control, and which can be very dangerous. How did she come to have them, and will she ever be free of her past? Jane is tormented by both outside agencies and her own thoughts.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can’t wait to read the next one in the series, Weapon.
A must read for all lovers of the sci-fi/fantasy genre.
Reviewed by Sue Mauger
Distributed by: Pantera Press
Released: May 2018
RRP: $19.99
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