Where he could use whatever powers the witchings taught him to undermine the foundations of their world and rebuild it into something new. His survival and blood tests bring him under the attention of hero and Minister of Defense Calix Lehrer, who brings him under his wing and into Level IV to train. His world is turned upside down when he survives the outbreak of viral magic and becomes a witching. Our protagonist is Noam Álvaro, an immigrant’s rights activist and 16-year old son of undocumented immigrants living in the refugee slums of Carolinia. In this 2123 new countries exist but there is still the same hatred and nationalistic rhetoric that we are experiencing today. And that’s terrifying to me, and the best parts of science fiction. I think for me the thing that stuck out the most about this was that the point of divergence into this possible future was 2019, and even though we don’t have outbreaks of magic spreading (that we know of) it feels so incredibly authentic. T he Fever King is an amazing debut fantasy/speculative fiction novel that takes place in the year 2123 in an alternate United States.

I honestly have no idea how to even find the words to review this book. (and I absolutely hate having to stay after it gets dark!) For two days I started and ended my day reading The Fever King, and actually went to work an hour later than normal so I could finish the book yesterday. The Fever King is one of those rare books. I was captivated from the first page and filled every spare moment I had with reading this amazing debut novel. Click here for more info.įriends, there are some books that just suck you into their pages from the start and stay with you after you finish.

This post uses affiliate links and I may receive a small commission for purchases made through my links at no additional cost to you. But then he meets the minister’s son-cruel, dangerous, and achingly beautiful-and the way forward becomes less clear.Ĭaught between his purpose and his heart, Noam must decide who he can trust and how far he’s willing to go in pursuit of the greater good. Sensing a way to make change, Noam accepts the minister’s offer to teach him the science behind his magic, secretly planning to use it against the government. The son of undocumented immigrants, Noam has spent his life fighting for the rights of refugees fleeing magical outbreaks-refugees Carolinia routinely deports with vicious efficiency. His ability to control technology attracts the attention of the minister of defense and thrusts him into the magical elite of the nation of Carolinia. In the former United States, sixteen-year-old Noam Álvaro wakes up in a hospital bed, the sole survivor of the viral magic that killed his family and made him a technopath.

The Fever King by Victoria Lee