{"id":44210,"date":"2026-04-25T09:18:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=44210"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:38:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:38:26","slug":"lily-starling-and-the-death-machine-by-christian-hurst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=44210","title":{"rendered":"Lily Starling and the Death Machine by Christian Hurst"},"content":{"rendered":"

A dark, cerebral adventure of plague, power, and the dangerous illusion of control.<\/b><\/p>\n

A battle-hardened pilot becomes entangled in a conspiracy when the machine she uncovers doesn\u2019t just preserve life but also begins to change those who survive it in Hurst’s electrifying third installment in the Lily Starling series. Lily Starling is no stranger to crisis, but a deadly outbreak and the return of forbidden tech pull her into something far more complex. Tasked with uncovering the truth, she navigates power, secrecy, and shifting alliances with Xynn and the altered Datch. What she finds challenges everything she believes about survival, forcing her to see the cost behind every solution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fast-paced sequences are paired with thoughtful exploration of identity and the ethics of survival. The narrative shines brightest in its character relationships and understated moral conflicts, which anchor its broader ideas. Though exposition can occasionally feel heavy-handed, the story\u2019s central vision holds together with clarity and purpose. Thematically unified and emotionally driven, the book offers a thoughtful exploration of control, survival, and the fragile line between life and imitation. A winner.<\/span><\/p>\n

***<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Pub date April 30, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Outpost Books Se<\/span><\/p>\n

ISBN <\/span>979-8993932705<\/span><\/p>\n

Price $17.99 (USD) Paperback, $7.99 Kindle edition<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A dark, cerebral adventure of plague, power, and the dangerous illusion of control. A battle-hardened pilot becomes entangled in a conspiracy when the machine she uncovers doesn\u2019t just preserve life but also begins to change those who survive it in Hurst’s electrifying third installment in the Lily Starling series. Lily Starling is no stranger to crisis, but a deadly outbreak and the return of forbidden tech pull her into something far more complex. Tasked with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":44219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","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":[723770808],"tags":[7215,178,723771287,1136176,723771689,723771688,723770756,43244,743394,723771690],"class_list":["post-44210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sci-fi","tag-book-review","tag-books","tag-goodreads","tag-indie-books","tag-lily-starling-and-the-death-machine","tag-lily-starling-and-the-death-machine-by-christian-hurst","tag-sci-fi","tag-ya","tag-ya-sci-fi","tag-ya-science-fiction"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lily-starling.jpg?fit=311%2C466&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-bv4","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44210","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=44210"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44213,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44210\/revisions\/44213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}