I think my sister bought this one. There was a special offer of SF/Fantasy by new authors for those who had ever purchased any - you never know when the next great talent may appear.
Given the format, this was ok - but I don't think he is going to replace any of the pantheon of fantasy writers already in place. It read rather like a screenplay. This is understandable, since, according to the endnotes, it was a proposal for a TV series that no one picked up, then it became an Amazon serial. Now it is glued together into a novel.
It is post-apocalyptic, with the apocalypse a deus ex machina descent of some unknown and departed aliens who simply snatched up everything and almost everybody and went away. Only they left some people with "gifts" - random psi powers or super strength or x-ray vision or such. And don't forget the fire-breathing horses.
Then he leaves it with a hellacious cliff-hanger. Capital letters/Neon lights/"buy my next book'- a practice which I find deplorable.
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