The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews – a Review

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Description:
We are at war. The interdimensional invasion brought us unimaginable suffering, but it also awoke talents slumbering deep within us, a means to repel and destroy our enemy. Every day new gates open, leading to breaches filled with monsters and valuable resources. If you are a Talent, your country needs you. The world needs you. Be the hero you were born to be.

Adaline is a Talent. Ten years ago, she had a happy marriage and a job she loved. The invasion shattered both. Now she works for the government, searching the breaches for magic metals and medicine to help Earth repel an interdimensional enemy. Two kids, one cat, bills, benefits, mortgage and school tuition…Risking her life became routine.

She had gone into the dimensional gates hundreds of times. She was always well protected. This time everything goes wrong. Now Ada is trapped in the labyrinth of alien caves unlike any other. Her only companion is a scared German Shepherd named Bear. Together they must uncover the breach’s secrets and escape, because Ada promised her children that she will come home.

The future of humanity depends on it.

Review:

The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews is the first book in their new series, Breach Wars. We are at war. Every day new gates open, leading to breaches filled with monsters and valuable resources. Beyond the breach entrance there is a miniature dimension that links to the hostile world.

Adaline Moore is a 40-year-old single mom (2 kids) who developed a talent that allows her to see and analyze minerals and other resources in the rift worlds. She works for the Federal government, breach assessor who looks out for various objects of value. She is the mother of two, strong and very smart. 

The other thing that happens is that humans have figured out how to shut the breaches down. Since they only have 3 days to get out before the anchor is damaged. Adaline’s team discovers gold and a huge deposit of adamantine, which turned out to be an attack from those monsters. An incident leaves her in the breach alone with only a dog, Bear for company, as she is driven to survive so she can get back home to her children. She had gone into the dimensional gates hundreds of times. She was always well protected. This time everything goes wrong.

During her attempt to survive, her and Bear find themselves under attack often, and both need to survive by eating food from the dead monsters; with both inheriting new abilities.  They are trapped in the labyrinth of alien beings, but Ada knows they need to uncover the breach secrets in order to escape. I will say I loved Ada and Bear.

Elias, the guild master of Cold Chaos, has been determined to find the truth of what happened.  He knew that the two people who escaped, might be hiding the read truths of how they did survive.

The Inheritance was an exciting, tense story of survival, monsters and breaches.  I really adored how Ada and Bear were so good together.  The Inheritance was very well written by the Ilona Andrews duo (Ilona and Gordon Andrews).   I look forward the next book in this series.

Reviewed by Barb

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