Title: Dead World
Author: Shaun Jeffrey
Published: February 25, 2012
Published by: Deshca Press
Kindle Edition
Pages: 75
Goodreads Synopsis:
Long after a pandemic swept the world, society has crumbled. A remnant of human civilization ekes out an existence in a closed community called Sanctuary. To control their population, the ruling brethren use a lottery, the winners of which join the new gods that reside beyond the walls. But when her daughter is chosen, Anna Charles discovers the lottery is fixed by despotic church leader, Roman Quail. Now in a frantic bid to save her family, she flees into the hostile environment outside Sanctuary where only the strongest survive, and where all their gods are dead. Literally.
My Review:
The following review is my opinion and not a paid review. I got this book as a free download from Amazon.
Anna Charles and her family live inside the walls of a city called the Sanctuary. They have lived inside of these walls their whole lives. They have never seen what or who lives on the outside. They are told that the Gods live on the other side of the walls. They hold rituals to make room for newborns. A lottery is held in order to choose who will go out and live among the Gods and become immortal.
When Anna's daughter Lucy is chosen she knows that the lottery was rigged because Lucy is too young to be chosen according to the rules of the lottery. She knows that Roman one of the rulers of Sanctuary fixed the lottery because she broke off their affair. Anna knows that what they have been told about the Gods their whole lives is not the truth. When Lucy is sent to the outside Anna takes her two sons and goes after Lucy.
This group of people have been told a story, a fairy tell all their lives that the Gods live on the other side of the locked walls and that these Gods are immortal. The whole community believes this story because they have never seen another human being that was not from their community. They've been told this story from their parents, grandparents, great grandparents, aunts and uncles all down through the generations so it is all they know. They have never heard or seen another living human being that has never lived outside their little world. Its more than likely that the ones that knew the truth about the Gods in the beginning are all dead now.
I loved the whole concept, idea that is being portrayed in Dead World. It is not just about zombies or Gods in general. I love the aspect of telling a story with in a story. Shaun Jeffrey has an amazing, awesome way of telling a story. He is a brilliant story teller. To understand what he is trying to say you would have to have an open mind. The whole time I was reading Dead World I kept thinking that Shaun Jeffrey has a way of telling stories that makes me think of Stephen King.
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