He's a living weapon. She's a teenage fugitive. Together they'll uncover an alien conspiracy-or die trying. Erika Holt keeps her entanglements to a minimum and her eyes on the horizon. She's counting the days until she graduates, when she'll motor out of her dusty, dying border town to start a new life by the sea. But fate has other plans for Erika. When a quiet night in the desert turns deadly, Erika and her friends evade death with the help of a very odd stranger. Created to be a weapon, HALF Nine can kill using ...
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He's a living weapon. She's a teenage fugitive. Together they'll uncover an alien conspiracy-or die trying. Erika Holt keeps her entanglements to a minimum and her eyes on the horizon. She's counting the days until she graduates, when she'll motor out of her dusty, dying border town to start a new life by the sea. But fate has other plans for Erika. When a quiet night in the desert turns deadly, Erika and her friends evade death with the help of a very odd stranger. Created to be a weapon, HALF Nine can kill using only his mind. Part alien, part human, he's never known kindness... until his escape from a top-secret facility brings him face to face with a courageous woman, unlike anyone he has ever known. As Erika and Nine work to secure their freedom, they uncover a conspiracy as vast as the galaxy. Will they survive the secrets of the deep beneath? A page-turning read filled with mystery and action, HALF: The Deep Beneath is a riveting novel about the power of friendship and the courage of the human heart. Accolades for H.A.L.F.: The Deep Beneath: Finalist in the 2015 Kindle Book Review Awards Silver Medal 2015, Wishing Shelf Book Awards Chosen by Library Journal for its Curated eBook Collection Silver Award 2015, Beach Book Festival Awards Literary Titan Gold Award Praise for HALF: The Deep Beneath : "A fast-paced sci-fi adventure. Silver Medalist in the Wishing Shelf Awards and highly recommended." Wishing Shelf Reviews "The action is great, and the scene with the alien spaceship was crazy good. I found the ending to be quite surprising. It made me want to read the next one to see what happens both above ground and below. I recommend this to all fans of sci-fi adventures." CJ Anaya , Best Selling Author of The Healer Series "Once I began, I couldn't put it down. It's well-written, fast-paced, and the characters are believable. I highly recommend this book and anxiously await book 2!" M. Williams "Extremely exciting and fast-paced story that sucked me into its sci-fi vortex and wouldn't let me go. HALF 9 is probably my favorite alien hybrid of all time. Can't wait for the next book!" Ms. I Read to Escape
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H.A.L.F by Natalie Wright tells the story of H.A.L.F 9, a Human-Alien Life Form that escapes from the military facility where he was created. During the course of his escape, H.A.L.F 9 meets teenagers, Erika, Jack and Ian, with whom he strikes up a friendship. Among other abilities, H.A.L.F 9 has extreme telekinetic and telepathic powers which make him a valuable asset to the government and one that they are not willing to lose. The government, claiming ownership of H.A.L.F 9's life, sets out to retrieve him. Having no human technology that can match H.A.L.F 9's power, they have to enlist a force stronger and more cunning than even H.A.L.F 9 is prepared to face.
Right from the start of the book the characters are likable and relatable. Even though the first couple of chapters were a bit confusing, each one was intriguing enough to make me want to keep reading. It isn't immediately obvious how the characters in the first chapters are related to one another, but once you do discover the connection the direction of the story makes perfect sense. The writing is actually done very well for a Young Adult novel; which the book appears to be, as all the main characters are teenagers. I was very surprised at how each chapter really kept me on the edge of my seat; my interest in finishing the book never waned. Most books have at least a few chapters that are somewhat slow but I didn't find this to be the case with H.A.L.F., it kept a great pace and remained interesting throughout. I think the struggle within H.A.L.F 9 between his alien and human personalities were done incredibly well. Having spent hardly any time at all actually interacting with humans on a personal level, he isn't quite sure what to make of the new feelings that he experiences outside of the facility. For instance, there is a moment at which he finds himself wanting Jack to feel pain, even though he can acknowledge that Jack has never done anything to deserve his ill will. H.A.L.F 9 isn't able to recognize that he feels this way toward Jack because of Jack's romantic involvement with Erika, whom H.A.L.F 9 is also developing romantic feelings towards. I also appreciated how this aspect of the characters relationships is subtle and not the focus of any particular chapter in the story. Sometimes Young Adult fiction does not have a good balance of romance to substance but this book does not have that problem.
Natalie Wright does an excellent job with the element of surprise. I don't want to give any spoilers so I will just say that in several places throughout the book the outcome that I was imagining is not at all what came to pass. I eagerly await the next installment of this series.
