The Overtaking (The Overtaking Series) [Kindle Edition]

Victorine E. Lieske (Author)

Book Description

Shayne Barlet has been kidnapped, his powers disabled and his memory altered. He's having a bad day…and he doesn't even know it.

Shayne believes he's living the ideal life.

He attends a great school in the Midwest, gets along with his roommate, and has even met a girl who seems perfect for him.

But it's all a lie.

His girlfriend is deceiving him, his roommate is in on it, and perhaps most unbelievably of all: he's not from Earth. He's not even human…and neither are they.

As he discovers his own buried psychic abilities, Shayne realizes the only truth he's been told is perhaps the most improbable one: his girlfriend, a member of the invasion force, seems to truly love him, even though her actions are rife with deceit.

Shayne soon uncovers a vast conspiracy involving planetary conquest, erased memories, holographic worlds, and dark agendas. He vows to expose the truth, set his people free, and stop The Overtaking…once, and for all.

This book is 59,000 words, 288 pages in paperback.

From New York Times bestselling author of NOT WHAT SHE SEEMS.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Victorine and her husband live in NE where they raise their four children. Victorine's first novel, Not What She Seems, sold over 100,000 copies in the first year and was on the New York Times Bestseller ebook list for six weeks.

Product Details

• File Size: 308 KB
• Print Length: 288 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0050P4ZEC
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,204 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVED THIS!!!! January 7, 2012

By The Book Runner TOP 500 REVIEWER

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I was organizing my kindle and accidentally clicked this story open. The words captured my attention and reminded me of the teaser called The Gathering that I had previously read and enjoyed. Unable to tear my eyes away from the story, I was drawn deeper and deeper in and kept thinking how lucky I was to download such a wonderful story.

In The Gathering we meet Danielle as she reluctantly kidnaps the powerful and handsome Shayne to have his memory erased and his powers taken away. In The Overtaking, Shayne is an unsuspecting student in college with no idea he or his fellow countrymen have been abducted from their land and put in a Holodome to live. Fortunately, Shayne's memory of his mother starts to surface and then he gets some of his power to read other's thoughts back and Danielle, who has fallen in love with him, becomes afraid of turning him in and believing that she might have been lied to by her own people. What follows is a lot of adventure and heartache, but a desire to be free no matter what the cost.

This is a fabulous dystopia that anyone who liked the Becoming (Daughters of Saraqael Book One) series would enjoy. It does not have any profanity or sex but does have a very sweet love story that any YA would enjoy. I and my daughters (ages 15 and 22) will most definitely be reading the next book in this series.

Would I/Did I buy it? Free Download
Would I read it again? YES
Would I recommend it to friends? YES!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Imagine there's no evil - Not What It Seems December 14, 2011

By Clare Chu TOP 1000 REVIEWER

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Ever wonder what a world without badness would look like? Or how it would feel to live in a perfect environment? The Overtaking takes you to a place where goodness reigns and bad thoughts can simply be erased. People are transplanted from a harmful society to a manufactured city without crime and worries.

Danielle believed the premise. She thought she was kidnapping Shayne for his own good, taking him out of an evil environment and giving him paradise. But Shayne's memory wipe does not go as planned, and he retains his mind-reading abilities. Memories of a mother he was programmed to forget pop up, and he starts to realize that things are not as they seem. As Danielle's eyes are open, she and Shayne fall in love and discover a nefarious plot built on an illusion.

The story is fast paced and fresh--cute and heart-pounding and joyous and gut-wrenching all at the same time. This book was a great start to what will be an epic and exciting series. The cast of characters includes many talents and special abilities as well as two members from the overlord group. Shayne is a cutie-pie, Danielle is gutsy, and Jennaya upbeat and friendly. My only complaint is that one of the heart-throbs died. He had so much potential! (sob, sob, sob).

Summary: Delightful sci-fi romance and great start to an engaging series. Victorine Lieske has gathered a personable cast of characters, Shayne, Danielle, Nolan, Celeste, Jennaya, Kellec, Asia, and Gita to fight an evil empire bent on mind controlling a peaceful planet and raiding it for their resources. I can't wait to read the next installment.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly Enjoyable December 13, 2011

By Linda Grant

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I love it when I find a book that leaves me hankering for more. It was definitely a fun, exciting read that kept me wanting to know what's going to happen next. I'm looking forward to the second book in this series and am also planning to explore other books written by this author.

More About the Author

Victorine and her husband live in Nebraska where they raise their four children. They manufacture rubber stamps for the craft industry.