Oasis One is the second book in Daniel Weisbeck's science fiction post-apocalyptic series Children of the Miracle. 

The virus is spreading. War is approaching.

Doctor Mercy Perching has stolen the only hope for a cure.

The Sanctuary of Americas' human-animal hybrids are on the run from the world's deadliest virus and their Prime leader. Doctor Mercy Perching, from the Sanctuary of Europe, has stolen the only hope of a cure to the virus from the Prime. Now, Mercy must save the hybrids who once saved her. But nothing is going as planned.Â
The hybrid fugitives are on their way to the Sanctuary of Asia seeking asylum. But the Sanctuary of Asia has been secretly running genetic experiments of their own looking for a cure to the deadly FossilFlu. What Mercy and the hybrids find will change the world forever.Â
Oasis One can be read as a stand-alone book or as part of the Children of the Miracle Series.
Oasis One is the second book in Daniel Weisbeck's science fiction post-apocalyptic series Children of the Miracle. 

The virus is spreading. War is approaching.

Doctor Mercy Perching has stolen the only hope for a cure.

The Sanctuary of Americas' human-animal hybrids are on the run from the world's deadliest virus and their Prime leader. Doctor Mercy Perching, from the Sanctuary of Europe, has stolen the only hope of a cure to the virus from the Prime. Now, Mercy must save the hybrids who once saved her. But nothing is going as planned.Â
The hybrid fugitives are on their way to the Sanctuary of Asia seeking asylum. But the Sanctuary of Asia has been secretly running genetic experiments of their own looking for a cure to the deadly FossilFlu. What Mercy and the hybrids find will change the world forever.Â
Oasis One can be read as a stand-alone book or as part of the Children of the Miracle Series.
In a windowless bedroom built for one, three people—or more specifically, two humans and one avian-human hybrid—were crowded together waiting for new life to take place. Doctor Mercy Perching, not a day over six months pregnant, lay huffing and puffing in her bed, anxious to bring her daughter into the world, even though she worried it would be a difficult life in the Sanctuary of Europe for the only human-canine.Â
“Breathe!” Basil urged Mercy, standing by her side, trying to sound confident.Â
“What do you think I am doing?” Mercy snapped back.
“Too much shout?” Basil said apologetically, his head cocked slightly to the left.Â
“Oh lord,” Mercy moaned, panting hard and rolling her eyes. “Jillet, can you sing me through this please?”Â
The half-bird girl, wings for arms and a stubby yellow beak for a nose, stood next to Mercy on the right side of the bed. On cue, she began to whistle a soft, rhythmic tune. Breathing in and out in tempo with the melody, Mercy walked herself through to the end of her contraction. Relieved, exhausted, and already waiting for the next round of clenching pain, she collapsed against the wall at the top of her bed. Her knees raised and legs wide open, she was prepared to give birth any minute.
Agent Basil, a trained diplomat, seasoned in military manoeuvres, was suddenly rendered a helpless man in the face of childbearing.
“I am not sure about this anymore.” Basil tossed the words out in a near panic. “You should be in the medical ward having a caesarean like all the other surrogates.”
“You know why I’m not. If the Five Leaders find out my child is a hybrid, I won’t even have ten minutes with her,” Mercy answered, reminding him of the importance of their secret. “Gia, can you please give me a little more notice before the next contraction starts?” Mercy ordered her personal virtual assistant.
“Are you certain? Ten minutes ago, you asked me to not warn you in advance,” the assistant’s voice answered from the ether of the room.
“Alright, alright. Just tell me the stats then.”
“Your foetus’s heart rate is elevated, but still within an acceptable range. All other readings are normal. However—you sound agitated.”Â
Basil and Mercy shot each other a look, and their lips spontaneously curled up into a burst of laughter. Their friendship had deepened over the six months of her pregnancy. At first, this newfound arrangement was out of necessity. Mercy needed someone she could trust. Someone close to the Five Leaders of the Sanctuary of Europe who could help her hide her unusual pregnancy.
 “Oh…” Mercy screamed as her belly squeezed.Â
“Another contraction?” Basil asked nervously.Â
Mercy nodded her head fiercely, unable to speak. Her perspiration-soaked hair lay pressed against her plump cheeks and her eyes squeezed shut.
“Breathe, just breathe,” Basil coached, much more gently this time around.Â
“Ahhh!” Mercy screeched in pain. Something wasn’t right.
“The foetus’s heart rate is dropping,” alerted Gia. “Agent Basil, we must call the doctor now.”
“No!” Mercy cried as her white bedsheets turned red.
“Make the call, Gia,” Basil ordered and started placing towels between Mercy’s legs. “You’re going to be okay, Mercy.”Â
These were the last words she heard before the world around her went black.Â
When the world is collapsing by the aftereffects of a virus, what do you do? Not only do you try to find the cure if you have the means, but you also do as much as possible to protect your loved ones, right? Having some pretty important government officials after you for breaking the new laws of the land could be a bit cumbersome, but not for Mercy Perching. With only a few resources, she has become the single most prominent threat to the Sanctuary of the Americas because she has something that they want, or rather someone. Weisbeck provides a brilliant and entertaining secondary installment to the first in his series, called Children of the Miracle.
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Dr. Mercy Perching has escaped the Sanctuary of the Americas along with a hybrid who appears to be immune to the FossilFlu. This has caused an uproar from the Prime, the leader of the Sanctuary of the Americas. Fleeing to the Sanctuary of Europe for protection, she is afforded some assistance from a close friend, Basil Goodman. With the impending doom overlooking the entire human and hybrid race, she is all too thrilled to deliver the human-hybrid baby she is expecting, in the safety of another sanctuary. Even she knows the dangers that lurk behind every corner if she successfully brings this life into the world. Alas, through several complications and the loss of the baby during delivery, she loses a part of herself but is quickly taken over by a need to rescue her friends who have also sent word of their escape to the Sanctuary of Asia. What lies for her and Bas there, in a territory that has cut ties from the outside world, is yet to be determined.
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Weisbeck's story is sensational, offering suspense and wonder. The story is extremely well-written and creative. While readers were taken to the brink of scientific breakthrough with hybrids, Weisbeck maintains a sense of medical perspective and credibility to his writing while also introducing a breed of reprogrammed artificial intelligence life forms. Science is always evolving, and this author plays on the fear for the possibility of the creation outside of human capacity. The pace is thorough and steady, quickening a bit as the plot escalates to a crescendo and then slowing on the way back down. Readers who enjoy science fiction and dystopian thrillers won't want to miss this one! It is highly recommended the first installment is read prior to the second since it does have a direct continuation of the story-line.
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An electronic copy of this book was provided to Turning Another Page by Reedsy Discovery and in no way affects the honesty of this review. We provide a five-star rating to Oasis One by Daniel Weisbeck.