Dead Weight
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When 17-year-old Zephyr Rockwell wakes from a camping trip in the woods, he discovers that nearly everyone in the world has disappeared and most of the luxuries mankind maintained are already breaking down.
What happened? Where did everybody go? Why is he still here?
The boy soon embarks on a journey for answers and companionship in a new reality where great cities lay in ruins, food and water grow scarcer by the day, and every other survivor is a potential threat.
There are secrets waiting in California. Still, is the trek halfway across the country worth the risk? Zephyr and his new friends decide to find out. Some of them, however, may not return.
A “… gritty, cinematic post-apocalyptic thriller.” — Publishers Weekly
A “… tense journey.” — Publishers Weekly
“… will broadly appeal to fans of breathless end-of-the-world action sequences.” — Publishers Weekly
"Casamassina’s novel avoids getting bogged down by a standard, predictable plot arc.” — Kirkus Reviews
"Solid apocalyptic fiction that focuses more on its character relationships than its sci-fi elements.” — Kirkus Reviews
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
An almost absurd premise sets up Casamassina's gritty, cinematic postapocalyptic thriller. Seventeen-year-old Zephyr returns home from a camping trip to discover that most of the world's population has vanished, leaving only piles of clothing behind. As he tries to understand this new reality, he meets a seemingly friendly older man, Ross, but it soon becomes clear that Ross is dangerous, and Zephyr decides to flee the city in search of more people. As the tense journey progresses through scenes of horrifying lawlessness, Zephyr allies himself with fellow wanderers, including a shy but endearing young girl, much-too-chill twins, and an aimless slacker. The group liberates two sex slaves, teen Aurora and 30-something Sarah, after a gruesome struggle in Las Cruces, N.M. Zephyr and the other survivors, who are a bit too unbothered by their victimization and sudden capacity for violence, limp toward California to join a collective called Alpha that intends to rebuild society. Once they reach Alpha, Zephyr and Aurora's love blooms, but they are soon forced out again into the harsh, uncertain world. Despite some loose threads, the work will appeal broadly to fans of breathless end-of-the-world action sequences. (BookLife)
Customer Reviews
Great Read
Great plot, great character development, lots of twists. A real page turner.