ALL IS SILENCE

by Robert L. Slater

Overview

A Deserted Lands Novel

What if death forgot you?

In a future that could be ours, Lizzie, a suicidal teen-age girl, barely navigates her own life. Then everything falls apart. In an apocalyptic land nearly deserted by disease, she lacks reasons to live until a shocking turn of events reveals a phone number. Her call pulls her dangerously cross-country to meet a stranger she thought was dead.

In a world where there is plenty of food, plenty of gas, plenty of space... fear, anger and a lust for power still control the patterns of human life.

This edgy young adult novel is the debut of a former alternative high school teacher.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148200185
Publisher:	Rocket Tears Press
Publication date:	01/05/2014
Series:	Salvagers , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Robert L. Slater is a teacher/writer living in Bellingham, Washington. He teaches at Windward High School in nearby Ferndale. His stories and poetry have appeared in many small press publications and recently released his debut novel, All Is Silence. He has a should've-been-a doctorate B.A. in Theatre/Education, Spanish and History minors and a M.A. in Educational Technology. He sings, plays guitar, acts/directs in regional theatres, cooks, reads, practices Taekwon Do, and writes plays, songs, and stories. He has six children, and one grandchild. His motto is Robert Heinlein's "Specialization is for Insects."

Editorial Reviews

"Hardly the familiar post-apocalyptic novel of zombie attacks and desperate efforts to rebuild civilization--a personal story of a scared girl and the survivors she finds in the ruins of her world. Lizzie is hard-edged and gritty, vulnerable and kind. Her personality is so compelling that she grabs you by the heart and pulls you along until it's three in the morning and the story's over and you just want to read more."

Don Sakers

"Hardly the familiar post-apocalyptic novel of zombie attacks and desperate efforts to rebuild civilization--a personal story of a scared girl and the survivors she finds in the ruins of her world. Lizzie is hard-edged and gritty, vulnerable and kind. Her personality is so compelling that she grabs you by the heart and pulls you along until it's three in the morning and the story's over and you just want to read more."

Analog SF Magazine - Don Sakers

Slater has created a post-apocalyptic world that is inwardly and outwardly consistent by paying attention to the details. Lizzie, the anti-hero of this novel, is the tough chick with a heart of gold. She survives the pandemic apocalypse that wipes out 95 percent of the world's population [and] captures the reader by being so human that you can't help being sucked into her world.
~ Go to www.ennw.com to read the rest in the January Edition.

Christopher Key

Slater has created a post-apocalyptic world that is inwardly and outwardly consistent by paying attention to the details. Lizzie, the anti-hero of this novel, is the tough chick with a heart of gold. She survives the pandemic apocalypse that wipes out 95 percent of the world's population [and] captures the reader by being so human that you can't help being sucked into her world.
~ Go to www.ennw.com to read the rest in the January Edition.

Entertainment News NorthWest - Christopher Key

Suspenseful, sensitive debut novel juxtaposes the tragic (a young girl singing at a loved one's deathbed) with the darkly comic (plenty of unused dishes–throw the dirty ones in the backyard!) grabs our heartstrings, keeps us snorting with laughter at the probability this is what teens would do thrust into an Apocalyptic world. Devastated & lonely, with a ragtag band of misfits [Lizzie goes] cross-country to find a stranger from [her] past who might be the key to her future. ChantiReviews.com

Chanticleer Reviews - Virginia Herrick

Suspenseful, sensitive debut novel juxtaposes the tragic (a young girl singing at a loved one's deathbed) with the darkly comic (plenty of unused dishes–throw the dirty ones in the backyard!) grabs our heartstrings, keeps us snorting with laughter at the probability this is what teens would do thrust into an Apocalyptic world. Devastated & lonely, with a ragtag band of misfits [Lizzie goes] cross-country to find a stranger from [her] past who might be the key to her future. ChantiReviews.com

Virginia Herrick