The Prey

by Tom Isbell

Amazon Prices:

Paperback: $9.99

Hardcover: $17.99

Kindle: $9.99 (Not available on Kindle Unlimited)

Audible: $27.99 (Not available on Kindle Unlimited)

Before Reading Facts:

The Prey by Tom Isbell was published in 2015 by HarperTeen.

Page Count: 432 pages (paperback) 416 (hardcover) 417 (Kindle)

Audiobook length: 09 hrs 20 mins

Chapters: 53

Languages: English 

Summary of Book:

“With the country in ruins, the new government declared it the Republic of the True America, imposed martial law, and separated all survivors into settlement camps. Now, twenty years later, three sixteen-year-olds uncover the dark truth: All this time they’ve been labeled Less Thans. Feared by society, they’re being raised to be hunted for sport. Their only hope for survival is to escape with their friends . . . or risk certain death. Together they search for the fabled new territory in a heart-pounding flight to freedom, with sadistic hunters and the government’s soldiers hot on their trial. Led by the unlikely Book and fearless Hope, these orphaned teens seek a better life, finding the best in themselves to fight the worst in their enemies” HarperTeen

Author Biography:

“Tom Isbell is an actor-author-professor: A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, he has acted in theater, film, and TV, working opposite Robert De Niro, Ed Harris, Sarah Jessica Parker, and others. Currently a theater professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth, he has had three of his plays produced by the Theater for Young Audiences at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, including Teddy Roosevelt and the Treasure of Ursa Major, which was adapted into a book with then-First Lady Laura Bush penning the foreword. Tom and his wife, Pat, live in Duluth, Minnesota. You can visit him online at www.tomisbell.com. ” -HarperTeen

Book Review:

Overall Book Rating: ★★★★★ / ★★★★★

The Prey is an exciting novel! I loved the action and adventure throughout the entire story. I could not get enough. I was legitimately invested in this story and wanted to know the fate of the characters. The characters drew me in from the start. I could not put the book down because I just wanted these characters to get justice and the happiness they deserved. This is an excellent read for younger readers!

Though this story is for a young audience, there is so much to enjoy that I did not mind reading it. Usually stories for younger audiences poor me due to the lack of relation to its characters or the story line not being action-packed and adventurous enough. However, this story defies all of that. The Prey gives all the action and adventure one would expect in a YA novel with a slightly more censored taste. Nonetheless, the reader is too invested in the story to really care who the intended audience was.

The first thing that drew me into wanting to check his series out was the adventurous looking book cover. When I read this book, I was looking for a story similar to what I am writing. This story is for a younger audience than what I am currently writing, but nevertheless, The Prey did not disappoint. I not only loved the cover but also the story and the characters. I could not help myself, so I had to buy the next book and see what the fate of these characters was.

Audible Review:

Narration Rating: ★★★★★ / ★★★★★

Narration by Christian Barillas and Ariana Delawari

Barillas and Delawari doe an excellent job narrating this story. Their narration draw listeners in and make the listening experience very enjoyable at a 1.0 speed. For those of us who like to multitask and listen on the go, I recommend listening at a 1.5 speed, so one does not miss anything. This speed is also my favorite speed to listen to this story. It is not too fast nor to slow. For those who are listening while reading the book and want to listen at a faster pace, I found 2.0 and 2.5 speed to be the best speeds. 3.0 was too fast for me, and I was missing a lot of what the narrator was saying and had to eventually slow down the narrator’s reading speed. 

Other works by this Author:

The Prey Series

• The Prey
• The Capture
• The Release