This Dark Earth
This Dark Earth by John Hornor Jacobs, published by Simon and Schuster on July 3, 2012, is a gripping narrative set in a bleak, zombie-ridden future. The story unfolds in Bridge City, a settlement that serves as a last bastion for civilization amidst a world where electronics have failed and the undead roam freely. The protagonist, Gus, once a ten-year-old prodigy, has matured into a battle-hardened young man tasked with leading his community against the relentless threats that surround them.
Readers will find a tale that explores survival, leadership, and the moral complexities of humanity in dire circumstances. As Gus prepares to take on the mantle of leadership, he faces not only the ravenous undead but also an impending army of slavers intent on seizing the city’s dwindling resources. This edition, comprising 352 pages, delves into themes of action, adventure, and horror, presenting a vivid depiction of a world where the struggle for survival is fraught with peril and ethical dilemmas.
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In a bleak, zombie-ridden future, a small settlement fights for survival and looks to a teenager to lead them…
The land is contaminated, electronics are defunct, the ravenous undead remain, and life has fallen into a nasty and brutish state of nature.
Welcome to Bridge City, in what was once Arkansas: part medieval fortress, part Western outpost, and the precarious last stand for civilization. A ten-year-old prodigy when the world ended, Gus is now a battle-hardened young man. He designed Bridge City to protect the living few from the shamblers eternally at the gates. Now he’s being groomed by his physician mother, Lucy, and the gentle giant Knock-Out to become the next leader of men. But an army of slavers is on its way, and the war they’ll wage for the city’s resources could mean the end of mankind as we know it.
Can Gus become humanity’s savior? And if so, will it mean becoming a dictator, a martyr . . . or maybe something far worse than even the zombies that plague the land?
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