"The Glass" is set in a post-apocalyptic world where people now live in small isolated communities, and struggle for their survival. This is a community where people have learned to value wisdom more than knowledge - for all the knowledge in the world had not saved humanity from its own foolishness.
THE GLASS
(c) Megan Hamilton
Chapter 1
Even by village standards, Yori Torkelson was a big man. Seeing him for the first time, the few strangers he met expected a personality that somehow fit his physical appearance - strong, confident, and aggressive. They were always surprised to learn that within Yori's considerable middle-aged frame rested the gentlest of souls. The experience was unsettling, something akin to having a shaggy old bear come shambling up and gently lick your hand. It seemed against nature really, an artist's soul residing in the body of a wrestler. Because of this, most folks, even some of the villagers who had known him all his life, felt a mild unease at not knowing precisely how to treat him — with the appropriate deference for his physical presence and acknowledged talents, or with amused toleration for his strange ways. Usually, his sheer bulk cowed all but the most foolhardy into respectful circumspection.
Life in the village was harsh. Huddled, as if for warmth, against the knees of a mountain, the small community had to bargain every day with a violent, slow-to-forgive environment for every mouthful of food. Here, on Erda, Nature carried a grudge. The stories told that centuries before, the Ancestors had blithely abused this place, unable, or unwilling, to understand that they were just one part of it. According to the legends, one belief from those remote times had been that man was the Supreme Mechanic, and that the world had been his own personal wind-up toy to be broken and mended at whim. Eventually, Erda had flexed her muscles. Within one generation, there were horrifyingly frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and much of the inhabitable land became hostile to life. New, rapidly mutating viruses had killed vast numbers of people. Terrible renegade proteins, which farmers had inadvertently introduced into the food chain, had annihilated millions more and the subsequent famines and resultant wars had finished off almost everyone else. The descendants of Man the Conqueror, the Supreme Mechanic, now lived in small isolated communities and struggled for their lives.........
The Glass is now available on Amazon, Kindle. (for the price of a cup of coffee)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008MB22EG
Available also through Smashwords, in several formats
THE GLASS
(c) Megan Hamilton
Chapter 1
Even by village standards, Yori Torkelson was a big man. Seeing him for the first time, the few strangers he met expected a personality that somehow fit his physical appearance - strong, confident, and aggressive. They were always surprised to learn that within Yori's considerable middle-aged frame rested the gentlest of souls. The experience was unsettling, something akin to having a shaggy old bear come shambling up and gently lick your hand. It seemed against nature really, an artist's soul residing in the body of a wrestler. Because of this, most folks, even some of the villagers who had known him all his life, felt a mild unease at not knowing precisely how to treat him — with the appropriate deference for his physical presence and acknowledged talents, or with amused toleration for his strange ways. Usually, his sheer bulk cowed all but the most foolhardy into respectful circumspection.
Life in the village was harsh. Huddled, as if for warmth, against the knees of a mountain, the small community had to bargain every day with a violent, slow-to-forgive environment for every mouthful of food. Here, on Erda, Nature carried a grudge. The stories told that centuries before, the Ancestors had blithely abused this place, unable, or unwilling, to understand that they were just one part of it. According to the legends, one belief from those remote times had been that man was the Supreme Mechanic, and that the world had been his own personal wind-up toy to be broken and mended at whim. Eventually, Erda had flexed her muscles. Within one generation, there were horrifyingly frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and much of the inhabitable land became hostile to life. New, rapidly mutating viruses had killed vast numbers of people. Terrible renegade proteins, which farmers had inadvertently introduced into the food chain, had annihilated millions more and the subsequent famines and resultant wars had finished off almost everyone else. The descendants of Man the Conqueror, the Supreme Mechanic, now lived in small isolated communities and struggled for their lives.........
The Glass is now available on Amazon, Kindle. (for the price of a cup of coffee)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008MB22EG
Available also through Smashwords, in several formats
The Glass is now available in paperback also.
You can find it at:
https://createspace.com/3952203
Size: 5x8
You can find it at:
https://createspace.com/3952203
Size: 5x8