Toils and Snares: A Deserted Lands Novel

By Robert L Slater

Untouched by a global pandemic killing over 95% of the population, Samuel's family fears a mutated virus and the people who have survived it. Is this apocalypse an act of God? They may escape into the wilderness to find a place of safety as civilization dies around them, but can they escape each other and their pasts? TOILS AND SNARES is a parallelequel to Cygnus award winner ALL IS SILENCE. It starts slightly before chronologically and ends a bit after, but it tells a smaller story with more details about the pandemic the caused Deserted Lands. "Toils and Snares is a powerfully visceral and moving tale of a family's intimate struggles to cope with the aftermath of a devastating worldwide plague. Robert L. Slater immediately engages us with the dangers of a post-collapse, lawless Pacific Northwest. Then he ups the ante by stripping bare the internal landscapes of wonderfully realized characters, as we share survivor's guilt, parent/child resentments, and difficult joys on the path to heroically remaking a world for themselves and their children."Sara Stamey, award-winning science fiction author of The Ariadne Connection

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1942096097
• ISBN13: 9781942096092
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Rocket Tears Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"