Beasts of Prey by Geoff Jones

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✦ BLURB ✦

Earth has been devastated by a comet.

Just before impact, alien caretakers collected human specimens and placed them in a wildlife preserve on an orbiting starship.

A small group led by Sierra Preston and David Williams escaped, only to find the ruins of Earth inhabited by vicious creatures known as gorgers.

The group returned to the alien ship, determined to convince the caretakers to release the remaining human specimens and help them defeat the gorgers.

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Unfortunately, the aliens have a different agenda.

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✶ PRE-READING ✶

I enjoyed the first two in the series, I found them really imaginative, clever sci fi rads - every time I thought I knew what was happening, there was a curve ball and things changed! I was excited to see how Geoff rounded off the series and brought things to a satisfactory ending.

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✶ POST-READING ✶

As I thought... The curve balls kept coming! Geoff's characters don't sit back and accept things - they are actively fighting for their own freedom, even when things go very bad. The sci fi concepts used here are well explained and very plausible.

It surprised me by... In a good way, how much time it spent after the final battle! (I don't want to spoil anything, but they win.) Most novels skim over the immense amount of rebuilding that would be needed in this kind of situation; I adore that kind of detail and I couldn't get enough of how they were setting up their society and their laws and the way they were designing things.

Do be aware, these books are written for adults; there's gore, violence, profanity and sexytimes.

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✦ RECOMMENDATIONS ✦

Book Recommendation: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky – another sprawling, imaginative survivalist sci-fi where humans have to reckon with alien caretakers and an evolving world.

TV or Movie Recommendation: Lost, for the strangers stranded together in a place where it seems anything can happen.

✦ MUSIC PAIRING ✦

Because sometimes, the heart of a story plays out like a song.

🎵 Featured Song: Radioactive – Imagine Dragons. That post-apocalyptic defiance and raw energy echo Sierra and David’s determination to fight for survival.

🎶 Vibe Album: Mezzanine – Massive Attack. Dark, layered, and tense, but with moments of hope threading through—fits the mix of danger, sci-fi weirdness, and rebuilding.

🎧 Artist Recommendation: Muse. They’ve got that sweeping, urgent sound that screams “fighting against forces bigger than you,” with both cosmic and revolutionary vibes.

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✧ VIBE CHECK ✧

A colour palette: Ash-grey, comet-orange, and bio-luminescent blue

A soundtrack: Industrial electronica threaded with orchestral swells

A season: Late autumn - bleak, dangerous, but with the seeds of renewal buried under the wreckage

A mood: Fierce, haunted, rebuilding from the ashes

A scent: Smouldering ruins and clean, sharp air after rain

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★ TAROT CARD PULLED ★

The Tower (Everyday Witch Tarot) – The old world has already crumbled. Like the witch standing by the rubble, humanity’s task is to face the ruins with determination and build something new.

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