Reaper Moon (The Complete Series, Volumes 1-7): A Post Apocalyptic Thriller

by Ted Neill

The pandemic changed everything. Health, wealth, and beauty, those are Black things now. Poverty, illness, crime—those things are for white people.

The virus turned the suburbs into graveyards and ripped away dreams of the future. It turned the present into a desperate fight for the future.

In a world where skin color is tied to immunity, for the first time in his life, Scot must reckon with being white. For Kimberly and other Black survivors, the complexities of being Black in America just got worse.

While armies of white nationalists and Christian fundamentalists try to remake a post-apocalyptic America according to their vision, people of color, and their allies, must fight for theirs.

Amid race warriors, survivalists, and refugees, Scot and Kimberly must learn to trust and understand people they thought they knew, including each other.

In the face of withering hate, division, and a crushing pandemic, only the united will survive.

Written and published just before the Covid-19 pandemic, Reaper Moon has been called prescient, visionary, and harrowing. It stands alongside the most highly regarded classic and contemporary apocalyptic Stephen King’s The Stand; Cormac McCarthy’s The Road; as well as the Dog Stars, Zone One, and The Reapers are the Angels. If you find stories of The Last of Us, The Walking Dead, The Handmaiden’s Tale, Station Eleven, and films such as Red Dawn and the Book of Eli, compelling, this series is for you.

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Genres: Post Apocalyptic

565 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 30, 2023

About the author

Globetrotter and writer Ted Neill has worked on five continents as an educator, health professional, and journalist. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Recovery Today, and he has published a number of novels exploring issues related to science, religion, class, and social justice. He is the 2013 winner of the Martin Luther King Jr. Torch of Peace Award. His 2017 novel, The Selah Branch, attempts to confront issues of racism and the divided political environment of the US today and the 1950s. His debut novel, City on a Hill, examines the fault lines of religious conflict in the Middle East. His most novel, Reaper Moon, takes place against the backdrop of a global virus pandemic and how the aftermath unfolds along familiar social divides of race and politics. His most recent young adult novel is, Zombies, Frat Boys, Monster Flash Mobs & Other Terrifying Things I Saw at the Gates of Hell Cotillion, doesn’t need a blurb, the title says it all.

He is also author of two award winning memoirs, Two Years of Wonder which chronicles his time living and working at an orphanage for children with HIV/AIDS and Finding St. Lo a combined account of his grandfather Robert Fowler’s WWII experience as well as a decorated medic in his unit, Gordon Cross. Follow Ted on Facebook and Instagram @therealauthortedneill

Reviews

[Kathy Wortham · Rating 3 out of 5]

So much hate, "pain and hurt"

For the first half of the series the reader is told repeatedly that anyone who is not brown or black is evil, no exceptions. There were also comments reflecting on current politics. This becomes wearing as I read to escape, not recycle the news. In the second half parts of black history and accomplishments are mentioned. I enjoyed learning new facts about black history and historical figures. There were a couple of characters who reminded me of a popular book tv/series. One was a challenged person who communicated through one phrase only. Another was a large man whose family member had hideously disfigured his face and head by fire. While the books were written well and never became dull points were very hate filled.

[nicole lohani · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Read!

I don't know what i was expecting, but I had put off reading this for awhile. I'm so glad I finally did. There is way more historical knowledge than focusing on the apocalypse, and surviving the apocalypse, which made it a really good read. It was character driven, and very rich. I just really really wish the was an epilogue!!

[Jennie Akeson · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an Adventure

This set of books I read in one sitting was so exciting and full of an assorted group of people. Well written. Too believable for comfort. Dialogue was first class. Thrilling. I highly recommend this series.

[Michell Egger · Rating 5 out of 5]

inspires me to be better than I am

I now have a reading list to educate me in ways the American education system has failed and to understand and support my friends, neighbors and family of color.