Ain't No Grave
A Novel
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $2.99
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
When a medical emergency causes a plane to make an emergency landing at an isolated northern Canadian airfield, a single survivor is left to piece together the events that found him unconscious and alone in the medical centre of a recently abandoned ghost town. Naked, sick and hungry, he must use his knowledge and skill to survive the sub-arctic winter and uncover the secrets of the town's final days. His revelations will lead him on a quest to seek redemption and help the scattered survivors of a terrible disaster.
Ain't No Grave is not your average zombie novel. Introspective and psychological, it is the story of a man coping with survival in a changed world. He will soon discover that he, too, has changed and nothing will ever be the same.
Quiet, dark and emotional yet with twists, turns and tense action, Ain't No Grave will thrill you and leave you waiting in anticipation for the next instalment.
Inspired by apocalyptic, mythological and old western stories, "The Penance of Leather" Saga is a loose adaptation of the Labours of Heracles set in a modern world reeling from global disaster.
Advisory: This book contains occasional violence, sexuality and language that may offend some readers. It is intended for audiences ages 16+
Customer Reviews
This is a bad book...
Bad because it's too short and I just wanted to keep reading and reading. It's an interesting culmination of action and solitude. Give it a try, it's reasonably priced, well written, and pretty clever.
Ain't No Grave
First I have to say I was given a copy of the book by the author to review.
I really wish itunes would let you give half stars because this book is actually pretty good for a first time author. I would give him 3.5 stars. And I think a lot of people would give him four, but I'm a tough nut. His writing is clean. He keeps you in suspense. The plot and story are a fantastic idea. I enjoyed the book. I probably would have read it in a day or two, but that pesky thing called life kept getting in the way. As we are moving into cooler weather, this would be a good weekend book by the fire as the book is set in the cold, cold winter in Canada. Grab yourself a cup of cocoa and dig in.
Now here is my beef - The book does repeat itself some. I found him telling me something I already knew from a chapter back. BUT and I say this with a BUT, I notice a lot of authors do this. Just not my thing. Usually once I read it, I remember it so repetition can be a little bug in my ear. I think if he can get himself an agent and a good editor, he's got a hit.
If you like end of the world zombie books - you will like this.
Spoiler alert - stop reading if you don't want to know anything else. Go buy the book now. Because I am about to give away a few things. What Mr. Softley has done with his story is take the classic tale of a common man with family issues (mainly father) thrown in some quirks (fear of closed spaces which in the end creates an interesting conversation about heroes), guy falls in love, loses girl, goes on a find himself trip, meets Obi-wan(Old man who helps passing stranger) and becomes a new super hero. The follow up books (which he has set up nicely) would make great graphic novels. This first book to me is really more back story. It tells us how the hero got to where he is, which we haven't read because the book hasn't been written. He could almost use the first book as more back story - make the second book the first book using what he has written. Start it out with our tall dark stranger and the people he will save and slowly give us back story.
Just my thoughts.
Either way, it's not bad. Not bad at all.