New novel by John Shirley NOW AVAILABLE –both as a trade paper and as an e-book for Kindle, Nook etc.
This near-future novel of political allegory in a grim, violent, semi apocalyptic setting, is: “EVERYTHING IS BROKEN”
PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY REVIEW: “In this slim, grim, and powerful novel, Shirley lets his imagination loose on the frightening possibilities of a massive natural disaster striking a small American town. A tidal wave transforms Freedom, Calif., from seaside idyll into a broken and perilously unstable landscape. Survivors include some natural helpers like Drew Haver and his son, Russ, as well as psychopaths Dickie Rockwell, a gang leader and drug dealer, and Lon Ferrara, the town’s ultralibertarian mayor, who privatized emergency services and now refuses help from FEMA. Treating women like commodities and wielding a plethora of weapons, these men fight for survival and ownership of the ruins. Shirley’s vision is vivid and horrifying…”
i am reading bleak history , and cant put it down , best book i have picked up in a long time , THANK YOU john shirley !
Melissa I’m delighted to hear it. I still have hopes I’ll be asked to do a sequel. I encourage people who want to encourage writers –whatever writer it may be–to go to amazon.com and barnes and noble online and put up a reader review, high star rating etc for the book, it really helps. The review can be a single sentence even. At any rate, glad you’re enjoying Bleak History.
Is “Song of Youth” trilogy the expanded versions? I own the originals (used) and “Eclipse”in trade paperback. Would love to to own the trilogy in one volume.
Also recently reread “Wetbones.” I dont as a rule reread books, but that book really hit me hard for some reason. Not to sound like some type of sycophant, but I am a fan. Take care.
jim tanner, Song Called Youth is not expanded but it is updated and improved by the author, me, and it will be in a one-volume omnibus…js