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A massive journey you’ll end up loving or hating. Robert McCammon does not waste time padding his chapters. He sets a rapid enough pace with a story that needs to unfold rather quickly. Characters that need to be introduced and understood fairly fast. Granted, this was written in the 80’s. So no cell phone, iPODs or Internet. Yet he still maintains a vivid connection between characters, worlds’ away.
The beginning is the end and people are bracing nuclear war. Fallout shelters are built, the President of the United the of States is being briefed for an imminent nuclear war. Before the main characters are able to adapt to the effects of a post-apocalyptic world. Their introduction hold a glimpse into who they become. Age, unique talent and skill, male or female. If you have a car, canned food, able to wield weapon or a strong will to live. Certain parts of the country acclimate to varying degrees, creating an almost alien landscape.
Swan/Sue Wanda is a little girl who can hear the hurting sound plants make when they die. She also has life thriving in her fingertips beyond just being able to tend a garden. Black Frankenstein/Josh the Wrestler. His family is miles away and his loneliness is filled with food binges. His massive size attributes to his stage name. Sister Creep had a breakdown that lands her on bad times. A crazy homeless woman who later becomes a hero.
However, even after a nuclear war. The survivors struggle to return to society. There is no governing body, every man for him self. An underlying fantasy element and the human condition is what kept me loving every minute and want to re-read it years later.
The beginning is the end and people are bracing nuclear war. Fallout shelters are built, the President of the United the of States is being briefed for an imminent nuclear war. Before the main characters are able to adapt to the effects of a post-apocalyptic world. Their introduction hold a glimpse into who they become. Age, unique talent and skill, male or female. If you have a car, canned food, able to wield weapon or a strong will to live. Certain parts of the country acclimate to varying degrees, creating an almost alien landscape.
Swan/Sue Wanda is a little girl who can hear the hurting sound plants make when they die. She also has life thriving in her fingertips beyond just being able to tend a garden. Black Frankenstein/Josh the Wrestler. His family is miles away and his loneliness is filled with food binges. His massive size attributes to his stage name. Sister Creep had a breakdown that lands her on bad times. A crazy homeless woman who later becomes a hero.
However, even after a nuclear war. The survivors struggle to return to society. There is no governing body, every man for him self. An underlying fantasy element and the human condition is what kept me loving every minute and want to re-read it years later.