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Legacy (The Biodome Chronicles series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Jesikah Sundin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 346 ratings
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She is locked inside an experimental world.
He has never met the girl who haunts his dreams.
A chilling secret forever binds their lives together.

Willow Oak Watson has never met a stranger. Never known the open wide sky. Never seen modern technology.

The experimental world she was born into is built on rules and traditions. Edicts no one has dared challenge—until her father’s shocking death places an invisible crown of power on her brother’s head. A coveted legacy that may be the very reason her father now lies dead.

Unsure of who they can trust, her brother risks their family’s banishment in a hunt for answers. A bold decision that leads them to a hidden communications room and to Fillion Nichols, a young man with a chilling link to her family. A stranger Willow feels a bond with the moment they meet. A connection that has haunted his dreams for years.

Everything about Fillion bends her reality and screams danger. He is the complete opposite of all that she has ever known and from a world she fears. Yet he is the only one who can decode the many cryptic secrets destroying her home.

A necessity if her family is to survive.

Worlds collide in an unforgettable quest for truth, unfolding a story rich in mystery, betrayal, and love.


A salivating blend of MEDIEVAL meets THE NEAR FUTURE in this gritty young adult eco-dystopian tale, brimming with psychological thrills, strong nature and found family themes, and an angsty, enemies to lovers slow burn fated romance that forever alters the reality of two worlds.
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    The Biodome Chronicles series
  2. Print length
    307 pages
  3. Language
    English
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  5. Publication date
    August 11, 2016
  6. Reading age
    14 - 18 years
  7. File size
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From the Publisher

slice of life, cottagecore, sustainability, nature theme, fiction with gardens, stories about farms
solarpunk, greenpunk, ecopunk, hopepunk, dystopian romance, dystopian young adult, scifi fantasy

medieval fantasy, historical medieval fiction, fairy tale fantasy, stories about siblings, royalty

Untangle how the future meets the past in this multi-award winning series!

UNDER THE NEVER SKY meets THE VILLAGE in this immersive, visual tale of love, loss, and betrayal.

OTHER BOOKS BY JESIKAH SUNDIN

  • The Ealdspell Cycle
  • The Knights of Caerleon
  • Hartwood Holiday Romance (Jae Dawson)

TWO WORLDS. ONE FATED ROMANCE THAT BINDS THEM TOGETHER.

What would happen if you literally met the girl of your dreams? Except you were told she had died six years ago. And inside your family's experiment.

Loosely inspired by Hamlet, this genre bending science-fantasy series is set in an eco-dystopian fantasy and pivots around a murder mystery and an angsty, slow burn romance that forever alters the reality of two worlds.

  • Immersive worldbuilding
  • Deep character-driven plot
  • Japanese-inspired near-future dystopia
  • Medieval fantasy slice-of-life world
  • Found family themes
  • Strong male friendships
  • Vivid fairy tale feels
  • Enemies-to-lovers, star-crossed lovers romance
completed series, teen reads, epic fantasy, epic scifi, science fiction, cyberpunk, biosphere 2

Editorial Reviews

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"A captivating YA hybrid of scifi and medieval fantasy, mystery, and romance, LEGACY opens The Biodome Chronicles series with divergent worlds on a carefully planned collision course."
— Chanticleer Book Reviews

"If you love enchanting, witty, well-drawn characters and beautiful worlds, there is no better author than Jesikah Sundin."
— Melanie Karsak, New York Times Bestselling author of The Celtic Blood series.

"LEGACY is truly a unique read—with deep, lifelike characters and a fascinating mystery element."
— Claire Luana, USA Today Bestselling author of the Moonburner Cycle series

LEGACY proclaimed winner of
2014 National Indie Excellence Award Finalist for Science Fiction.
2014 Cygnus Award for SciFi/Fantasy
2014 Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Award for Young Adult Fiction

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Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01KBAL1JM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Forest Tales Publishing; 2nd edition (August 11, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 11, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 15891 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 307 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 346 ratings

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Jesikah Sundin

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JESIKAH SUNDIN is a multi-award winning Fae Romantasy, Dystopian Punk Lit, and Historical Fantasy writer, a mom of three nerdlets, a faeriecore and elfpunk geek, tree hugger, nature photographer, and a helpless romantic who married her insta-love high school sweetheart. In addition to her family, she shares her home in Seattle, Washington with a rambunctious husky-chi and a collection of Doc Martens boots. She is addicted to coffee, GIFs, memes, potatoes, cheese, kilts, mossy forests, eyeliner on men, and artsy indie alt rock.

AUTHOR NAMES:

Jesikah Sundin: fae fantasy romance, dystopian

J. Sundin: reverse harem fantasy romance

Jae Dawson: contemporary new adult romance

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4.2 out of 5 stars
4.2 out of 5
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Sarah C
5.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 Stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2021
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This is like a Scifi, Fantasy, Dystopian, with Hints of a fairy tale. The author says its Eco-Dystopian Faerie Tale. Its an amazing mash up whatever you call it! There's 3 POVs which I absolutely loved. Its incredible the amount of research Jesikah had to do for this story. 🤯 There is a ton of world building which I found interesting but some may find it a bit slow at times. But she's just really setting up two intricate worlds for the rest of series. 😁 There's some great extras in the back of the book! Translations for phrases and an awesome glossary.
This story is SO funny!
I loved Fillion right off the bat. I have a soft spot for his type 😏
Lots of mystery! What's going on? Who can be trusted? Why is this happening? What's real? 🧐
Leaf refers to his sister as "Hurricane Willow" at times. I get this way when I'm tired and hungry. 😂
Willow/Oaklee is a feisty little thing Lol
It's fun to see how the New Eden citizens react to technology.
And I really love the brother and sister dynamics! (Having an older brother myself ) 💙
Overall great read. Definitely recommend it if the above sounds like your style!
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The narrator did a great job. This was my first audiobook by him. I was really impressed when he spoke a few phases in French and Japanese! He differentiates each character well. He reads at a slower pace for me so I upped the speed a bit. But don't let that deter you from the sample! He's fantastic.
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👉🏼 Some Quotes
"How can you sleep at night using a word like 'trash'?" he threw out. "It's like a four-letter word to you hippies. "
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"I'm losing my mind," he muttered in the elevator while waiting for the door to open. "And now I'm talking to myself out loud like a homeless person."
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Oaklee focused on the heady and intoxicating scent of citrus to ease her escalating emotions. She would not crash. She would not be destroyed. She would grab at anything during this fall and save herself from hitting bottom. Experience had taught her that the floor was merciless, and an unnecessary event. And she was sure she would not survive another crash.
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"Please don't ever forget me, Willow," he whispered. "I will never forget you. I hope one day that you'll become fond of trash."
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E. Prebich
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting world
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2021
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Overall, really interesting story concept. The characters were consistent and the world was really interesting. I loved how the biodome was created with so much technology while keeping basically all tech out of the lives of those in the dome.

Fillion is a heavy smoker, which threw me off a little. (There are multiple paragraphs in a row describing lighting up to taking the first drag after work and how good it feels, etc) But as a dystopian, it's part of the story, the world, and the pressures he's under.

For me, there was more description than I needed, but many readers are going to find that it gives them a vivid picture in their mind.

Oaklee and Leaf's generation is fully-immersed generation and the level of medieval non-tech exposure was interesting. The strict adherence to the gender roles fit the medieval life, but, without spoilers, I was surprised with how medieval they stayed. But we have such strong characters living in the dome that I'm really fascinated where their journey will go!
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Melanie Thurlow
5.0 out of 5 stars Legacy is a salivating blend of Medieval Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk, and Romance.
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2017
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Leaf Watson standing over the dead form of his father, laid out on a table in the family apartment, is an image that sets the tone for a story dripping with paranoia that you will feed off of, encouraging you to turn page after page.

On the surface, New Eden Township (or N.E.T) is a veritable paradise where every life is cherished by the community in a closed-loop system. Everything has a purpose. Every person, plant, ritual, serves a function that then serves the entire self-sustaining medieval community—even death, when the ashes of the departed are burned and then mixed with the soil to provide nutrients for new growth.

However, this paradise on Earth is not quite what it seems. The inhabitants of the biodome containing this magical world pulled out of medieval fairytales are actors in an experiment, or LARPers (Live Action Role Players). As the project nears completion, when the society will be disbanded, a faction forms within this seemingly peaceful society, unraveling the family at the center of the attack.

If there even was an attack…

The question lays heavily as the main characters question, was Joel Watson murdered?

The question hits Willow Oak, the middle of the Watson children, hardest. The first glimpse of Willow shows the impulsivity and emotional-rashness that define her throughout the story. A sudden orphan, Hurricane Willow struggles with acceptance of her ever-changing life aloud, as her brother struggles inwardly.

Fillion Nichols, the eco-prince son of the manipulative Owner and CEO of New Eden Biospherics & Research and New Eden Township, lives in stark contrast to the Watsons and other families living within New Eden. As a member of the Outside world, Fillion struggles with a life that is so overrun with technology that relationships, and the empathy they cultivate, have disintegrated to become practically nonexistent.

Despite the vastly apparent differences between the two societies and the three main characters, Sundin subtly displays just how similar they still are, for the mere fact that humans exist in both, and therefore the same human dysfunctions exist.

The experiment is clear: how will humans cope psychologically to being isolated in an enclosed space, entirely dependent on their community members? However, the people inside the dome are not the only ones being isolated. Technology in the outside world has advanced so far that human contact and relationships are almost unnecessary. While the Watsons are traditionally isolated by their community in the wake of mourning their father’s death, Fillion is isolated by the media for being the son of a killer.

I went into this book with an open mind, knowing little more about it than the title on the cover—not even having read the back cover. Immediately, I was thrust into a world that was not my own, but was excited to learn about. Jesikah Sundin has a clever writing style that is dripping with an intense amount of creative detail.

Legacy lives up to its name as it entwines the lives of three people from two entirely opposite existences, suffering from the same tribulations that fracture every society.
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GThomson92
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning. Immersive. Beautifully written.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 28, 2016
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In one line. This book was absolutely stunning and satisfying to read.

First point - The character development and how you connect with each unique individual. Youre made to feel like you're in their thoughts and perspectives. You grow to love the characters and their personalities and quickly find your own favourites. He way Jesikah builds each character and their qualities and flaws is frankly immersive and talented.

Second point - The book has a very progressive storyline and makes you hungering for what will happen next chapter yet unpredictable. The book always catches your interest.

Third point - The metaphors and descriptions of settings is so graphic and perfect. You're made to paint a picture of the setting, the surrounds and how people look. I feel the writer, Jesikah, put a lot of heart into building a picture of her world. And it's beautiful. The word choices used in paragraphs are fitting and perfect in context to building the world.

Fourth Point - The writer does this unusual break between chapters that is strangely refreshing. It gives better insight and meaning into the storyline and underlying meaning of how the characters think. I think this is genius.

There's honestly so much I want to comment on about this book but am unable to without potentially spoiling plot points. If you love Sci Fi, Romance and ingenius intellectual reading with nonsexual adult themes - this book is simply beautiful and refreshing to read and alongside Elements the second book in the series, the series has become easily one of my favourite.

Thanks Jesikah for your wonderful writing.
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Tanyawriter
5.0 out of 5 stars wow
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2018
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she is give an invisible crown as her father whisper a secret with his dying breath. what is happening? they try to find out but they could risk banishment. they wont stop until the truth is found out. a great story which i couldnt put down
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