{"id":17155,"date":"2023-11-02T13:15:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T19:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=17155"},"modified":"2023-11-02T13:16:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T19:16:09","slug":"the-wall-by-brian-penn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=17155","title":{"rendered":"The Wall by Brian Penn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Grim, gripping, and entertaining\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A young man gets caught up in a terrifying rebellion in Penn\u2019s engrossing dystopian tale. It\u2019s 2099.\u00a0 A wall divides the former United States in two parts; Zion and MiddleLand. Stuck in MiddleLand, Asher longs to be with his fianc\u00e9e. When his uncle offers him an opportunity to get in Zion, Asher immediately agrees, unaware his entry in Zion will initiate a terrifying rebellion, altering the fate of the whole land. Penn\u2019s dark vision of the future is well-crafted. Tyranny and slavery fueled by greed and negligence add a realistic layer to the narrative, and the collective pain of the citizens of this world provides depth to many of the secondary characters introduced in this story. While pacing can be slow at times, there is always an interesting plot point or exciting action around the corner, which keeps readers engaged. The narrative alternates between Asher\u2019s first-person voice and third-person omniscient perspective keeping the tension at a constant simmer. The wholesome chemistry between Asher and Sarai adds further to the intrigue. A thorough page-turner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Penn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koehler Books<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date December 19, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN 9798888241356 Price $26.95 (USD) Hardcover, $19.95 Paperback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grim, gripping, and entertaining\u2026. A young man gets caught up in a terrifying rebellion in Penn\u2019s engrossing dystopian tale. It\u2019s 2099.\u00a0 A wall divides the former United States in two parts; Zion and MiddleLand. Stuck in MiddleLand, Asher longs to be with his fianc\u00e9e. When his uncle offers him an opportunity to get in Zion, Asher immediately agrees, unaware his entry in Zion will initiate a terrifying rebellion, altering the fate of the whole land. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":17157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[7223,91,3328,178,624761,5718510,1136176,1473,1008073,856121,309,10615,349,43244,743394],"class_list":["post-17155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-dystopian","tag-dystopian-fiction","tag-indie-books","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-science-fiction","tag-writing","tag-ya","tag-ya-sci-fi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-4sH","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/wall.jpg?fit=348%2C522&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17155"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17160,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17155\/revisions\/17160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}