Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

This is the buddy read thread for The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough. We will begin this read on May 12, 2014. Everyone is welcome to join! Please feel free to post comments before, during, or after reading the book. Please add page numbers and spoiler tags when appropriate. Happy reading!



In the mid-23rd century, Darwin, Australia, stands as the last human city on Earth. The world has succumbed to an alien plague, with most of the population transformed into mindless, savage creatures. The planet’s refugees flock to Darwin, where a space elevator—created by the architects of this apocalypse, the Builders—emits a plague-suppressing aura.

Skyler Luiken has a rare immunity to the plague. Backed by an international crew of fellow “immunes,” he leads missions into the dangerous wasteland beyond the aura’s edge to find the resources Darwin needs to stave off collapse. But when the Elevator starts to malfunction, Skyler is tapped—along with the brilliant scientist, Dr. Tania Sharma—to solve the mystery of the failing alien technology and save the ragged remnants of humanity.

This blog has a quick Q & A with the author for anyone that is interested in reading it: http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2013/...

(This is not my personal blog. It is just a site I found regarding the book that I thought may be interesting to others.)

Looking forward to it!

Hi Kirsten! Are you still planning to start this one tomorrow? I think we're the only two reading it so far, so I wanted to make sure the timing still works for you. :)