Cloud Riders eBook Nick Cook
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Dom lives with his mom in Tornado Alley, where twisters used to be a way of life. After a year long drought, the family diner is about to go bust and Dom feels trapped, torn between supporting his mother and the urge to escape. Even his relationship with best friend, Jules, is beginning to prickle with feelings he doesn’t want. When the first twister in months appears from nowhere and an airship emerges from the spout, Dom’s world is turned upside down. Its pilots are explorers who make Dom an offer beyond his imagination. But the pilots are hiding a terrible secret. Can Dom uncover the truth and make the right decision before everything he cares for is destroyed?
Cloud Riders eBook Nick Cook
Great story about a young 17-year old yearning for adventure but torn between following his heart and loyally remaining by his widowed mother's side. There's a great set of strong, well-developed female characters around Dom, and the pace really moves at a good pace. There was a nice balance between the action and adventure, interactions between characters, internal turmoil as Dom debates over what to do and deals with his self-doubt, fears, and dreams. Somebody referred to this as steampunk, but that's incorrect because steampunk is always set in Victorian times. It reminds me more of an old serial, like Flash Gordon, but with a more believable hero, suddenly finding out there's more to the world than he ever knew, and he's a part of it. Lots going on but it doesn't drag or get confusing, and you can suspend your disbelief and really get into the world that Nick Cook has created. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the trilogy!Product details
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Cloud Riders eBook Nick Cook Reviews
This book is in the YA genre but like a lot of these type of fantasy books there is no reason why an adult can’t enjoy them too if they fancy a bit of light reading. I settled down with this one today and I wasn’t disappointed. A story of different parallel universes, an evil dictator who wants to rule on every level and a girl who is not all she seems. Dom lives in Tornado Alley and expects things to get a little windy on occasion but what he doesn’t expect are the strange flashes at the top of the one bearing down on him and his mother as they run for cover. An airship appears and looks like it is about to crash. When his deceased father’s storm chasing team turn up to investigate they find patterns in the ground rarely found where twisters touch down and, as they stick around to find out more, it becomes clear this was no ordinary twister. The airship’s occupants are fairly elusive when it comes to their reason for being there and Dom just doesn’t buy into their explanation of a Round The World race. When he and best friend Jules share their suspicions with each other they decide to find out the truth together.
I liked the way this story built satisfyingly up, with characters I felt myself caring about, especially Dom’s mother who carries a secret which surprised almost everyone around her when she revealed it. This is the first book in a series and leaves things very much on a cliffhangar ready for the next book. It has held its momentum for me and I shall look forward to reading Breaking Storm the next one in this trilogy. Well written and with a nod to steampunk and science fiction, it made for an entertaining read. Nicely done.
After reading the description of this novel I was drawn in. Cloud Riders is book one in the Cloud Rider series and begins the story of Dom. Dom lives with his mom in Tornado Alley and helps out at their family diner. His father disappeared in the last tornado that they had and since then they have had an insane drought.
Finally, a storm appears in the middle of the night. But with it comes something unexpected, an airship. After helping them land their ship, Dom embarks on a crazy journey to uncover his heritage and what happened to his father.
This book was utterly fantastic. I expected to enjoy it, but I didn't expect to love it as much as I did. The author is amazing and sent me a copy to review and I could not be more grateful. I haven't read many steampunk type novels and am now completely hooked on Nick Cook's Cloud Riders series. I am highly anticipating book two and will be following this author for hopefully the rest of his writing career. His world building was one of my favorites of 2014 and I can't recommend this novel enough to anyone that loves sci/fi or adventure stories. Cloud Riders absolutely deserves the 5/5 that I gave it.
Nick Cook contacted me via Twitter about Cloud Riders. this is first novel published by three Hares Publishing and edited by Kathryn Price or Cornerstones.
The novel is set in Twister Alley in the USA and tells the story of Dom, a seventeen-year-old geek, picked on the sport and cheerleader clique at his local high-school, whose father is dead, and left him and his mother with little money and failing business. A Diner in twister Allee makes no money when there are no twisters. So the book which starts off very much as High School Musical meets Somewhere Over the Rainbow, when an airship falls out of a twister.
I won't say very much about the story, except the pace really picks up when Dom finally plucks up his courage to break into the airship to discover its secrets.
The whole story has nice steampunk details and is an innovative take on the time travel / parallel universe genre.
The Science Fiction is less convincing, and I was particularly irritated by the all-healing Chi Stone. You rub or hold the stone above any injury and its special powers accelerate the healing. That's not science fiction, that's magic.
So all-told an interesting Steam-Punk parallel-worlds tale with a sequel to follow. A solid start from a brand new talent.
Maybe for Kids
Good Book.
Engaging premise and an entertaining read. The premise of a disruptive event in an already torn family is familiar, but the characters are interesting and the story zips along. You really want to jump to the next story in the series when you're finished.
Cloud Riders is as fun and fast as it is tender and touching, and all that is combined with some great steampunk-ish elements that I dearly loved. Nick Cook's sense of how difficult it is to navigate the turbulent waters of adolescence is spot on. I loved the characters (especially Julia, a girl after my own heart). This is a great YA novel and a quick read.
One small caveat for American readers There are a few glitches in translation, in particular the British spelling of certain words, but these are few and far between, so don't be put off by them. The story, from start to finish, is a great ride.
Great story about a young 17-year old yearning for adventure but torn between following his heart and loyally remaining by his widowed mother's side. There's a great set of strong, well-developed female characters around Dom, and the pace really moves at a good pace. There was a nice balance between the action and adventure, interactions between characters, internal turmoil as Dom debates over what to do and deals with his self-doubt, fears, and dreams. Somebody referred to this as steampunk, but that's incorrect because steampunk is always set in Victorian times. It reminds me more of an old serial, like Flash Gordon, but with a more believable hero, suddenly finding out there's more to the world than he ever knew, and he's a part of it. Lots going on but it doesn't drag or get confusing, and you can suspend your disbelief and really get into the world that Nick Cook has created. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the trilogy!
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