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The Eyes Forward Series, Book 1

By: Emma Ellis

Narrated by: Katrina Michaels

Mae finds herself pregnant in a world where the global population has hit twenty billion, and governments decree that no child may be born without a life being sacrificed in return.

With growing unrest and violence towards pregnant women, Mae must navigate a hostile world to secure a future for her unborn child — no matter the cost. When the stakes are so high, how far would you go to protect your family?

©2023 Emma Ellis (P)2024 Emma Ellis

Well done!

I feel like this is something that seems all too possible these days! Well done and read. It had me on edge and stressed for these characters!

Thought Provoking

Amazing - and unexpectedly hits home, as it really could happen. Not my usual choice, but we'll worth it!! I will be listening to the next in this series- immediately.

Great story

Loved it! Great story. Kept me enthralled page 1 to the end! Can’t wait to start book 2

A slow, delicious, sneaky, unraveling of a story we don’t want to believe could ever happen.

This title is stealth in its delivery. If you are listening on Audible, pay close attention. I always learn that lesson after I finish and realize I have questions. I have listened to book #1, DONATE, twice now. I am a fierce Handmaid devotee and was skeptical that this would satiate my need for more dark, dystopian drama. Color me so wrong. It is sneaky in its unraveling; there is so much going on that it’s easy to miss an important detail. The narration was very good but, occasionally I missed character transitions because I busy trying to translate from British to American English!!! Just a joke but, more seriously, I sometimes missed the narrator’s vocal switches from one character to another and would have to navigate back a few seconds, or more, to identify the speaker. It wasn’t a huge negative, however. Emma Ellis is new to me as a writer but, I will certainly be finishing the trilogy (thank you so much for not making beg for more) and then I intend to check into her other offerings. I am over-the-moon-happy to see book #2, PRESERVE, is now available on Audible. I will be buying book #2 pronto. Thank you, Emma. Thank you, Audible.

The plot

Just when you think the story can’t surprise you any more, it does! My husband and I listened together in a recent road trip. We were both shocked and drawn in from the very beginning. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series.