The Shadow of Armageddon The Shadow World Book 1 eBook Jim LeMay Judy Bullard
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In 2072 a bacterial infection that does not respond to antibiotics kills the vast majority of humanity. Too few people survive to maintain civilization. Governments collapse. The few stunned survivors struggle on in an empty, unsympathetic world. Ex-professor Matt Pringle belongs to one of the scrounger gangs which gather goods, which they call “truck,” from the ruins to sell in the few small communities of survivors. Twelve years after the pandemic men from Chadwick’s gang which controls the town of Columbia, ambushes Matt’s gang one night as they sleep and kill their leader Boss Johnson and two others.
In their flight they meet John Moore, an intelligent 12-year-old who lives with four elders in an otherwise deserted village. One of them, Maude, who doesn’t want John stranded after their death, convinces the gang to take him to a family that raises children whose parents died during the disease. They take John along but he refuses to leave the gang despite Matt’s protestations. Even without the danger of their pursuing enemies Matt believes John should remain in a settlement. Intelligent young people are needed to resurrect civilization. But John has come to crave the adventurous life he believes the scroungers lead.
They reach a community they believe to be fairly safe from Chadwick’s gang, Coleridge Gardens, and move into its only hotel, Haas House. They plan to sell their “truck” at its market. With that and two other sources of wealth they will to flee to a safer area. One source is a stash of gold bullion buried some distance away. When they go to retrieve it they find the first of four footlockers in which they stored it empty except for a note. Left by Boss Johnson, it tells them he has taken it. They are stunned by their own leader’s treachery. He has, of course, taken the secret of its new location to his grave.
Their other source of wealth is in savings accounts in a bank in the much larger town of Nellie’s Fair several days travel away. Matt must make the trip because he is the only original gang member Chadwick’s men have not seen. On the way Matt meets a group of Chadwick’s gang searching for them, led by Del Matheson, in a nearby town. Matheson tells Matt Chadwick is mad at him for not killing all of the Johnson gang and that his next stop is Coleridge Gardens.
Meanwhile in Coleridge Gardens John faces a dilemma. Gang members must provide their own personal items, called “scratch,” and contribute toward the purchase of supplies used in common by the gang. If he remains with the gang he must find a way to earn money. Then the Haas House landlord says he needs to hire another worker. John volunteers and, despite his youth, learns to be an excellent brewer.
John finds life in Coleridge Gardens more complex than in his former tiny social group, and sometimes disturbing. He becomes interested in Alicia Coleridge, daughter of the town’s autocratic Mayor. Her initial encouragement turns to rejection while her much too young sister Jaclyn brazenly flirts with him. With the sisters, he attends a revival sermon which claims the pandemic is part of a chain of events leading to Armageddon, battle that ends the world. Matt has become John’s best friend and mentor. He longs for his return to explain all this.
Matheson sends Matt to go see Chadwick to find out if he is still mad. During Matt’s visit he is identified as a member of the Johnson gang, captured and barely escapes torture and death. On his way back to Matheson Matt finds a way to bring Matheson and Chadwick together in a conflict which ultimately frees the town of Columbia.
John decides that Alicia and he live in disparate worlds that can never overlap, she as part of the new aristocracy and he a homeless vagabond.
Matt explains the fundamentalist Christian beliefs that begat the disturbing sermon. John finds the Shadow looming over the world more palpable and sinister than that cast by the indeterminate End Times battle of Armageddon.
The Shadow of Armageddon The Shadow World Book 1 eBook Jim LeMay Judy Bullard
A decent post-pandemic end of modern civilization story. The characters, story, and writing were good enough that I was actually a little disappointed when the story ended. So I promptly bought the sequel.Stuff I liked:
*An antibiotic resistant super-bacteria is the culprit - Viruses get all the attention these days but drug resistant bacteria are a "real world" threat. The author obviously did his research.
*Speaking of research, I actually didn't mind the few times the author decided to veer away from the story and delve into the science or history of a relevant topic. No reason you can't learn something new while enjoying a good read.
*Not everyone is a gunslinger - It's refreshing to read a post-apocalyptic where very few people are trained killers. The fact is that the majority of people are ineffective with firearms even with a basic level of training (which the overwhelming majority of the population does not have). Living in an ammunition scarce situation, like the one in the book, will make it even more difficult to obtain this training.
*Economics are a key feature of the story - Even in the ruins of civilization, people are going to find a way to trade with each other.
Stuff I could have lived without:
*While I appreciate that the author wanted his characters to speak authentically, it was a little tedious translating their dialect. Not impossible but I did tend to skip over all the "how d' y' know..." And such.
I enjoyed this book and recommend it to anyone interested in post-apocalyptic stories with an intellectual twist.
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The Shadow of Armageddon The Shadow World Book 1 eBook Jim LeMay Judy Bullard Reviews
This was not what I was expecting . however I was caught two chapters in. The author has created an interesting dytopian world and a plot that is worth following. My one prblem with the story is the sequel to this book takes place hundreds of years later.
just too depressing for words, couldn't even get into the story. Was it because I'm afraid to contemplate a world that's gone soo wrong there was no coming back into anything decent? who knows. maybe it was just this author's way of delivering the story. Not my taste, deleted from before I'd gotten very far into it.
This book was interesting in the manner in which it completely created a post apocalyptic world by focusing on how an economy would develop. The main characters are scroungers, members in a gang of men who go and look for pre event loot for resale or barter. In that aspect, this author has done a very cohesive job in creating a functioning world. His characters are also well drawn but rely a bit too much on regional dialogue to complete their portraits for my taste. However, I really enjoyed how some of the characters discuss larger issues such as the evolution of bacteria and the history of Christian theology. It was refreshing to find intellectual ideas in a genre which usually solely revolves around guns and and survival. I would recommend this book for those who are looking for the extra something in their post apocalyptic fiction.
An extremely well thought-out and expressed rural adventure.
It renders a view of diverse personalities and values in an uncertain time. The reader joins the plentiful actions of the characters and their thinking behind them. Despite it's length,
a reader is drawn forth with anticipation to the next action.
A Good Read, which might benefit from less long details in somewhat tangential subjects.
I liked this book enough that I actually paid for the sequel. Good characters, good plot, well written and edited.
It did seem a little like a western - which I pointed out in my review of the sequel. Also, the not so hidden agenda of the author to bash religion got tedious as they were particularly long winded and I skimmed a lot of that.
I did enjoy reading this as well as the sequel and I look forward to seeing more by this author.
I had a hard time opening up my kindle to read this book. I hardly ever stop reading a book. Got to about 23% and that was pushing it. It just wasn't exciting. Very boring. I keep starting to read it, hoping it would get interesting, but, too many other books to read. Maybe would have gotten better, but didn't want to skip pages. So...stopped.
I usually enjoy most post apocalyptic writings if they have any talent at all. This being said, the story line had a great basis and theme throughout the book. However, the author 's insistent use of unnecessary vulgarities was annoying. Also it seemed as though the use of a thesaurus was dependent on translation or something. The average person regardless of their intellect does not speak using so many terms that are rarely if ever used in the English dialect. In other words we simply don't talk like that. I strongly agree with another reviewer who was concerned over the breaking of the flow of the story from trying to interpret the writers intended jargon during conversations.
I almost didn't go through with reading the book to start out with since the author spent entirely too much time off on side rants about germs, bacteria, or tent revival subject matter. I also as other reviewers simply skimmed it after way to much time was spent on an unnecessary and unrelated side topic.
A decent post-pandemic end of modern civilization story. The characters, story, and writing were good enough that I was actually a little disappointed when the story ended. So I promptly bought the sequel.
Stuff I liked
*An antibiotic resistant super-bacteria is the culprit - Viruses get all the attention these days but drug resistant bacteria are a "real world" threat. The author obviously did his research.
*Speaking of research, I actually didn't mind the few times the author decided to veer away from the story and delve into the science or history of a relevant topic. No reason you can't learn something new while enjoying a good read.
*Not everyone is a gunslinger - It's refreshing to read a post-apocalyptic where very few people are trained killers. The fact is that the majority of people are ineffective with firearms even with a basic level of training (which the overwhelming majority of the population does not have). Living in an ammunition scarce situation, like the one in the book, will make it even more difficult to obtain this training.
*Economics are a key feature of the story - Even in the ruins of civilization, people are going to find a way to trade with each other.
Stuff I could have lived without
*While I appreciate that the author wanted his characters to speak authentically, it was a little tedious translating their dialect. Not impossible but I did tend to skip over all the "how d' y' know..." And such.
I enjoyed this book and recommend it to anyone interested in post-apocalyptic stories with an intellectual twist.
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