The End of Beginnings (New World Reapers #1) by Amritansh Dayal

"A Broken World...A Scattered Race...A Web of Cruel Interest...

That is what greets the remnants of eradicated humanity as their first stronghold of a new world is snatched from them. Watch as each of the characters in the book embarks on a journey to accomplish his or her own goals while combating swarms of monstrous opponents, both, in body and in mind. With their own weapons and traits, they endeavor to achieve their own feeble goals and grand ambitions.

Of the four surviving friends, the protagonist is the only one without any superhuman power, but he is still the leader of the group, and the master strategist, who is trying to ensure that his friends survive the bitter battles with the Mutants and the Shadows. Will he succeed?

The End of Beginnings (New World Reapers #1)

by 

Amritansh Dayal

A fantasy novel about life and strife after apocalypse. The loner, among people with varying superpowers and people-eating shadows & mutants, the protagonists takes the responsibility of keeping himself and his friends & family alive. He has no superpowers but is still a leader. Coldly rational, strategist and totally focused, he has to ensure that he overcomes everything to reach his goal."

Just as the title suggests this story is about new beginnings. It starts with an apocalypse of world which does not only wipes out humanity but also gives the surviving humanity super powers, and wait that isn’t the only thing that happens, the other humans are now supposedly transformed into shadows and mutants, both despicable creatures. There isn’t much of humanity left but they are trying their best to survive in this post-apocalyptic

world.

Athias Dawn,along with his other two friends and his brother seems to be among the few who survived.However he is the only one in the whole humanity who is without any superpowers. But that does not stop him from defeating neither shadows nor mutants. But again humanity is brutally razed to the ground when a large number of them comes and attacks the small makeshift colony the remaining survivors have built up. This time not only the army of mutants massacred the army of humans but also took all alive fighters as captives. Now Athias is left to retrieve not only his comrades but also his friends and brothers and have a score to settle with the mutant who killed him along with the coward general who left the human army to die in the battlefield.

An adventure story with twists of psychological thriller and filled with more actions than conversations. A perfect story for those in love with a YA Sci-fi with action thrown in the mix.

There are some loopholes and some places needs a bit more details and clarifications but otherwise it is a good book.

The fact there this book is filled with twists keeps the reader on their toes. My personal favourite is the twist related mutants.

The characters are quite good and Athias seems like a hero but he is actually a hero with a twisted psyche. Most of his behaviours are vague and ambiguous. He is impassive,cold,emotionless and has the ability and heartlessness to manipulate someone to suit his own needs, however at the same time he seems caring,compassionate and selfless to the point of self harm.

He is such a complex character that his behaviour contrasts sharply with his words. Other characters in the story is pretty simple compared to him. In fact it would have been great if the author included more complex characters.

The plot is actually very simple but the unseen twists and character development makes the plot very interesting ,indeed.

Overall I would say that it is worth giving a chance.

Author Bio

Born in June 1999, Amritansh is a smart, intelligent, and rebellious teenager. Most people think outside-the-box, he lives outside-the-box. Rather than being guided by the established norms, he believes in creating his own value systems and living by them. He thinks that formal education is over-rated. He enjoys learning things, that interest him, on his own. As he often said during his school days - he loves learning but hates studying.

He binges on playing synthesizer, taking mid-night walks, playing chess, reading, writing, star gazing, potato chips and cola. He is mostly in a Do-Not-Disturb mode, busy thinking over issues ranging from the mundane to the profound.

Though he was famous in school for his incomplete note-books, he filled up several diaries with his articles, stories, and sketches. He loves debating and has been a keen MUNer, winning several accolades. Normally quite impatient, he is, surprisingly, a good guide and teacher. His sense of humor is evident in his writings and interactions. He believes that sarcasm is the spice of life and adheres by it in his work.

Disclaimer
I received this book as a part of review program in Outset 
https://rakhijayashankar.blogspot.in/ in exchange of an honest review