Review: Kimberling Bridge by Jeffrey W. Tenney
In Kimberling Bridge by Jeffrey W. Tenney, the savagery of life rears its ugly head once the fragility of America’s dominance is revealed and exploited. Unlike so many other post-apocalyptic thrillers, this character-driven story tugs at the heartstrings, but isn’t afraid to delve deeper into philosophy, delivering readers a rich and rewarding experience.
After an EMP attack destroyed America’s infrastructure, the rest of the world was soon to follow, leaving only those alive who knew how to hide – or fight. William is definitely classified as the former, only managing to eke out survival by staying well out of harm’s […]
The literary fascination with apocalyptic novels shows no sign of slowing, and Bruce W. Perry offers another darkly rich angle with To the North, a heart-wrenching story of loss and hopelessness following a devastating super volcano eruption.
The human race has changed – a shell of its former self, yet something more as well. Their war against the invaders is now fought with a new weapon: children. These children are inheritors of the ability to rip through time and space itself, and are able to relay their glimpses beyond in the moments before they are lost. That is, until one child returns, alive, and brings back something that will change the course of humanity’s survivors forever…
Titan by Michael Van Cleve is more than your usual post-apocalyptic novel. Though the blurb makes it seem like standard fare of surviving a nuclear holocaust and its after-effects, Titan veers more into science fiction than naturalistic post-apocalyptic wasteland, as the family at the heart of this novel has to fare a rise of a mutant population – the after-effects of radiation.