Magus Tor's "Want"

Title: Trusting is hard when you are new.

Want: Numbered Book One by Magus Tor

Reviewed by K. Royce

5/28/15

9:00 p.m.

Things couldn’t be more exciting for Aurelia, she graduated top of her class and is being sent to her dream position, as a Med Worker in Lunar City where the elite call home. Leaving her family in Earth City 01, she boards a shuttle headed for the moon. Things go awry quickly and Aurelia’s skills as a Med Worker are quickly called for, but is she ready for the task? Soon she is caught in the middle of something bigger than her; clones, future presidents; assassins, lethal injections and something called “The Resistance.” Aurelia must decide what she wants; the job she was trained and groomed to do; or follow her heart and her new found love. 

Since Want is the first book in Magus Tor’s Numbered series, it leaves the reader feeling desperate for more. Tor does an excellent job of setting up the characters and giving the reader just enough information about the society so they are not lost. The story jumps right into the action, going back later to fill in the blanks, especially the details about the destruction of society as we in the 21^st century know it. The author has given the readers a sense of what is to come, but I am sure he has a few more twists in his pen.

This novel really does a nice job of pulling the reader into the series, lots of action and enough backstory to keep things flowing nicely. On the other hand, there was not a lot of time to get to know the characters before the cliffhanger ending left you going, “Where is the rest of the chapter,” but I expect there will be more character development in the later novels. 

If you are looking for a new dystopian series to submerge yourself in, I suggest you start with Want.

I give Want 4 out of 5 Stars.

Enjoy!

K. Royce