Feed the Machine (Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction)

Mathew Ferguson

Mathew Ferguson

About this ebook

Feed the Machine... or die. 
Welcome to Cago. 
A small town protected by three electrified fences, the people within eke out an existence scavenging in the Scour, the wasteland of ruined junk and twisted metal that is all that remains of the old world. They are forced to feed the Machine to fulfill their yearly quota or be ripped to pieces by the silver mechanical bugs that live within it. 
In this broken future, three siblings are fighting to fill the quota, time rapidly counting down to the yearly Feed. If they fail, they'll be forced to sell themselves to Fat Man, a brutal tyrant, to survive. 
Their father is long gone, vanishing one night with all their wealth, throwing his family into poverty. Their mother scrapes out a living carting waste for the rich. 
Ash is marching out into the Scour, a deadly place inhabited by Scabs, bloodthirsty cannibals, and hazels, monsters of meat and circuitry that stalk the night. A fallen missile is his last hope. 
Nola has a plan that relies on seduction or violence - she doesn't care much which if it gets them free. 
Silver, youngest and struggling with a mind that turns its sharpest knives inward has a bigger plan than any of them. One that could not only free them but possibly change the world... 
A new dystopian science fiction novel from Mathew Ferguson

Ratings and reviews

The idea is original for sure. It started out strong but weakened by the midway point. Most characters were likeable, personally Nola was unbearable but that may just be personality preference, and I loved Kin and Hello. With better editing and better chapter flow/structure, the novel could easily be a 4-5 star book. I hope the author continues to write and explore his imagination.

This book never made me feel that I had to read the next chapter. In fact at times, I was glad to make it to the end of the chapter I was reading. It lacked the flow and interconnectedness that makes a 'page turner' of a book. The story is a good one but I think with better writing it could have been a great one.

This book was very hard to follow as it seemed to skip around and left other things unexplained and vague. With that said, the plot was very original and with better writing, this could have been a 5 star book. If you are patient and are okay with unanswered questions, then I recommend giving this story a try.