Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Fantasy Publication Date: April 4, 2019 Pages: 322 Format: Mobi Add to GoodReads & StoryGraph
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As far as LuckSon is aware, he is the last man alive in the year 2050. A terrible man-made plague called the Dark Death has killed everyone or turned them into Slow Muties: menacing zombie like monsters determined to kill any survivors of the pandemic who are left whole. He has spent the past five years on his own trying to survive with little hope that things would improve. That is, until now. While hiding in a small house in a town outside of what used to be Nashville, Tennessee, he encounters a young woman in his dreams. They soon discover that she lives forty years earlier in the Pre-Pandemic world, sharing a house with an older gun-toting, Bible thumping, American Indian woman named Mrs. Whitting. Using a magical Native American artifact known as a Dream Walker as well as LuckSon's knowledge and research of what happens in the future, the three of them embark on a seemingly impossible journey to try and stop the Dark Death from destroying all of Humanity. Their journey will take them through nightmares and time as they try to track down the source of the Dark Death and prevent the pandemic. Fighting slow muties, other villains, and time itself, they hope to change the future and save the world of men from utter destruction.
I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. My review is entirely voluntary.
Dream-walking is such an interesting topic for me. I am very interested in the power of dreams, and this book did not disappoint. LuckSon was the last man on Earth, so being able to dream-walk in the past or present would definitely help. I also enjoyed each of the characters, especially Mrs. Whitting. She was determined to be unlikable until she isn't, and then she's the best character. The take on the zombies or "muties" was awesome as well. We think of them as brainless, but in this story, they hunted and stayed together like a pack of wolves. It was interesting for sure.
My only issue was there was a lot of unnecessary information in the story and could have been whittled down a smidgen. But other than that, excellent story.
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Daniel Nanto is the author of a new series called the Dream Walker Novels. He was born in Murray, Utah, and has lived in several different states over his forty some odd years, including Utah, Colorado, Maryland, Tennessee, and Quebec. He spent his teenage years driving like a crazy fiend on the backstreets of Gaithersburg, Maryland, and doing his best to kill himself out of sheer stupidity. Fortunately, he survived those years.
He now works at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as the Director of Application Development and Integration for their non-clinical applications. In his free time, he enjoys teaching religious classes to high school and college age students, and reading urban fiction.
Daniel is married to an amazing woman and has four beautiful children with another on the way. His latest hobby is writing novels. The Yosei is his latest book - a Japanese urban fantasy that takes place in San Francisco.
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