No Less Days was one of my top reads of 2018 because of the unique premise: a group of immortals living among us. As such, I’ve been waiting to read this sequel for around eighteen months.
And that break between novels was a problem. I’ve read a lot of books in those eighteen months. So while I remembered the main premise of No Less Days, I had forgotten a lot of the smaller plot elements and some of the minor characters.
This made From Sky to Sky hard to get into.
It jumps straight into the plot with no playing catchup. As a result, the first few chapters were confusing, and I didn’t think the story really got going until around the one-quarter mark. Even then, there were a few glitches (like one character who seemed to have a personality transplant that didn’t make sense).
But From Sky to Sky was worth the effort.
This story focuses on Zac, the daredevil whose “lucky” escape was the catalyst for bookstore owner David meeting Zac and the other “longevites” in No Less Days. But they find out two longevites have just died. How? Was it natural causes … or something more sinister? Zac thinks he knows the answer, but now he has to convince his friends not to take justice into their own hands.
In No Less Days, Zac was very much the don’t-care daredevil (well, it’s probably easier to be a daredevil when you know it’s not going to kill you). In From Sky to Sky, Zac becomes more human as he has to acknowledge why he ran away from God a century ago, and face his own worst nightmare in the race to convince a newfound longevite that life is worth living.
There are a lot of good things about From Sky to Sky.
The writing is excellent. The characters are interesting and well-developed, and the story is definitely Christian fiction as Zac is challenged about his relationship with God.
If you haven’t read No Less Days, definitely read that first. If you have read No Less Days, it might be worth reading (or skimming) it again so you’re not as lost as I was. No, this isn’t an easy read, but it’s a well-written novel with a unique and intriguing premise. It’s worth the effort.
Thanks to Shiloh Run Press and NetGalley for providing a free ebook for review.
About Amanda G Stevens
As a child, Amanda G. Stevens disparaged Mary Poppins and Stuart Little because they could never happen. Now, she writes speculative fiction. She is the author of the Haven Seekers series, and her debut Seek and Hide was a 2015 INSPY Award finalist. She lives in Michigan and loves trade paperbacks, folk music, the Golden Era of Hollywood, and white cheddar popcorn.
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About From Sky to Sky
Zac Wilson can’t die.
Holed up in Harbor Vale, Michigan, Zac meets two more of his kind who claim others in their circle have died. Are their lifetimes finally ending naturally, or is someone targeting them—a predator who knows what they are?
The answers Zac unearths present impossible dilemmas: whom to protect, how to seek justice, how to bring peace to turmoil. His next action could fracture forever the family he longs to unite. Now might be the time to ask for help. . .from God Himself. But Zac’s greatest fear is facing the God he has run from for more than a century.
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