The new Sc-Fi YA novel takes us to a parallel world that is hiding in plain sight. However, the challenges and decisions that the characters with superhuman powers face are the same. The Point book from John Dixon tells the story of a group of young adults with extraordinary powers, faced with an enemy that can not only destroy them but their country and family.
The Point Book
Author: John Dixon
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Del Rey (August 7, 2018)
ISBN: 1101967560, 978-1101967560
The Point Book Plot
The Point book follows Scarlett Winter on her journey from becoming an unruly and headstrong teenager to a responsible woman who could be the key to humans’s survival. A rebellious kid in a family of military men, Scarlett often feels constrained by the rules and regulations her father and brother has put around her. So on the day of her high school graduation, she decides to sneak out to spend time with her friends.
But the fateful night puts her on a spot when she uses her extraordinary abilities to shield the victims of explosion, with multiple witnesses. Back home, she is pulled up by her dad and their relationship seems poised to deteriorate further. But when Scarlettt is forced to choose between jail and a secret West Point Cadet school for kids with special abilities, kids that they call Posthumans, Scarlett doesn’t see much of a choice.
But the new world is not that different from the outside world. Although there a re more people like her, the deceit, politics, and power struggles are the same. As she begins to like her new family, a new threat emerges from within and forces Scarlett to take a leadership role and put up fight to save other cadets and the world outside.
The Point Book Review
The Point book story looks like a combination of many stories we have read and seen on the screen. A kind of coming-of-age story of a teenager with extraordinary abilities trying to find a place in the world. But instead of a hostile normal population, the enemy here is equally powerful and reminds us of the factions from X-Men.
While the story might seem familiar, the author manages to make the plot interesting with pace and keeping the thrill going as the events unfold over the pages, with loads of action.
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