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Earth's End #3
Sam & Emily: A Love Story from the Underground
The End of the World Was Justthe Beginning of Sam’s Troubles
Sam Baahuhd has been the headman of the village for twenty-two years. He has the Voice and he has the Power. With them, he can control others with his speech and heal with a touch. Even with his powers, Sam has survived as the headman only because he’s tough and canny enough to keep his fellow villagers from murdering him. Together, they live on Veronica Edgarton’s estate in the Hamptons. Or they do until the nuclear Armageddon destroys the world.
The massive underground bomb shelter on the estate is intended for the planet’s intellectual elite. When Sam and his nearly 100 villagers find themselves moving into the high tech shelter, it’s a cosmic joke.
Despite living at the end of the 3rd millennium AD, the villagers are serf-like and their society is medieval. They can’t read, spend a lot of their time drunk or stoned, and are so inbred it’s a miracle they can put two coherent words together.
Now they are the heirs to the planet. Or at least their descendants will be in a couple thousand years when the radiation clears. If they don’t kill each other first.
Dragging a battered but beautiful female federal agent with him as the shelter’s massive steel doors close is not the best move Sam has ever made. Arthur Romero, a commando planted by the military, thinks she is seriously bad news. Arthur is the only non-villager and the only man who can run the shelter’s computers and life-support machinery. He wants her dead.
What’s worse, Sam loses his powers the minute he enters the shelter. It’s just a matter of time before the village thugs figure it out. If they gang up on him, he doesn’t have a prayer.
Sam has faced challenges before. He isn’t afraid of them. But he has never faced a challenge like the one that comes crashing in when he realizes he is in love with the wounded warrior woman he has named . . . Emily.
Sam Baahuhd has been the headman of the village for twenty-two years. He has the Voice and he has the Power. With them, he can control others with his speech and heal with a touch. Even with his powers, Sam has survived as the headman only because he’s tough and canny enough to keep his fellow villagers from murdering him. Together, they live on Veronica Edgarton’s estate in the Hamptons. Or they do until the nuclear Armageddon destroys the world.
The massive underground bomb shelter on the estate is intended for the planet’s intellectual elite. When Sam and his nearly 100 villagers find themselves moving into the high tech shelter, it’s a cosmic joke.
Despite living at the end of the 3rd millennium AD, the villagers are serf-like and their society is medieval. They can’t read, spend a lot of their time drunk or stoned, and are so inbred it’s a miracle they can put two coherent words together.
Now they are the heirs to the planet. Or at least their descendants will be in a couple thousand years when the radiation clears. If they don’t kill each other first.
Dragging a battered but beautiful female federal agent with him as the shelter’s massive steel doors close is not the best move Sam has ever made. Arthur Romero, a commando planted by the military, thinks she is seriously bad news. Arthur is the only non-villager and the only man who can run the shelter’s computers and life-support machinery. He wants her dead.
What’s worse, Sam loses his powers the minute he enters the shelter. It’s just a matter of time before the village thugs figure it out. If they gang up on him, he doesn’t have a prayer.
Sam has faced challenges before. He isn’t afraid of them. But he has never faced a challenge like the one that comes crashing in when he realizes he is in love with the wounded warrior woman he has named . . . Emily.
426 pages, Paperback
First published April 15, 2012
About the author
Sandy Nathan
16 books128 followersSandy Nathan writes to amaze and delight, uplift and inspire, as well as thrill and occasionally terrify. She is known for creating unforgettable characters and putting them in do or die situations. She writes in genres ranging from science fiction, fantasy, and visionary fiction to juvenile nonfiction to spirituality and memoir.
"I write for people who like challenging, original work. My reader isn't satisfied by a worn-out story or predictable plot. I do my best to give my readers what they want."
Mrs. Nathan's books have won thirty
national awards, including multiple awards from oldest, largest, and most prestigious contests for independent publishers. Her books have earned rave reviews. Most have close to five-star averages on Amazon.
Sandy was born in San Francisco, California. She grew up in the hard-driving, achievement orientated corporate culture of Silicon Valley. Sandy holds Master's Degrees in Economics and Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling. She was a doctoral student at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and has been an economic analyst, businesswoman, and negotiation coach, as well as author.
Mrs. Nathan lives with her husband on their California ranch. They bred Peruvian Paso horses for almost twenty years.
TALES FROM EARTH'S END, Sandy Nathan's new SCI-FI / FANTASY / VISIONARY FICTION SERIES IS FINISHED AND AVAILABLE on AMAZON. You can get all three books without having to wait for them to be written and published! The series follows a group of people who are pushed to the literal end of the earth.
THE ANGEL & THE BROWN-EYED BOY, Book I, introduces Eliana, the exquisite dancer from another world who has come to earth on a mission to save her planet. She finds earth on the verge of nuclear meltdown. Only she and Jeremy Edgarton, a 16-year-old tech genius, can save the planet, and hopefully find each other. The Angel won the GOLD MEDAL in the 2011 IPPY (Independent Press) Awards in VISIONARY FICTION. Also won the 2011 INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARD in VISIONARY FICTION.
LADY GRACE, book II, brings the action forward a few thousand years. The radiation has finally lifted and survivors come together to begin new lives on a planet blasted back to prehistoric times. "FIVE STARS! A MODERN SCI-FI MASTERPIECE Lady Grace was first-rate science fiction and one of the most absorbing page-turners of that genre that I've read in years. Author Sandy Nathan exhibits the imagination of Ray Bradbury combined with the whimsicalness of Douglas Adams. That's high praise, but it's warranted. The story includes so much action; tense, suspenseful drama; and two charming love stories that it's irresistible." J. Chambers, Amazon Top 100 Reviewer
Lady Grace is brand new, out in print and Kindle versions.
SAM & EMILY, the third and final version of Tales from Earth's End, tells the story of Sam Baahuhd, the village headman on the Piermont Estate, and the mysterious stranger he brings to his people at the end of the world. This is an epic love story to be remembered for the ages. Not a perfect love, but a brilliant love.
Out as a print version; Kindle is following very soon.
The Angel & the Brown-eyed Boy tells the story of an angelic extraterrestrial and the boy she comes to love. It's set in a dark future world on the night before nuclear Armageddon. The Angel combines thrills, intrigue, and extraordinary characters. It is in the magical realism genre of my ...novel, NUMENON.
"A good book elicits an emotional response while being read; Nathan's book haunts the reader long after the final page is turned. In Angel & the Brown-Eyed Boy two dying worlds fight for survival, their futures dependent on a revolutionary and an angelic otherworldly dancer. It is world not that many heartbeats away from our own, making the premise chilling."
Todd A. Fonseca, award-winning author of The Time Cavern
TECOLOTE: THE LITTLE HORSE THAT COULD––A new book for children of all ages. Born prematur
"I write for people who like challenging, original work. My reader isn't satisfied by a worn-out story or predictable plot. I do my best to give my readers what they want."
Mrs. Nathan's books have won thirty
national awards, including multiple awards from oldest, largest, and most prestigious contests for independent publishers. Her books have earned rave reviews. Most have close to five-star averages on Amazon.
Sandy was born in San Francisco, California. She grew up in the hard-driving, achievement orientated corporate culture of Silicon Valley. Sandy holds Master's Degrees in Economics and Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling. She was a doctoral student at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and has been an economic analyst, businesswoman, and negotiation coach, as well as author.
Mrs. Nathan lives with her husband on their California ranch. They bred Peruvian Paso horses for almost twenty years.
TALES FROM EARTH'S END, Sandy Nathan's new SCI-FI / FANTASY / VISIONARY FICTION SERIES IS FINISHED AND AVAILABLE on AMAZON. You can get all three books without having to wait for them to be written and published! The series follows a group of people who are pushed to the literal end of the earth.
THE ANGEL & THE BROWN-EYED BOY, Book I, introduces Eliana, the exquisite dancer from another world who has come to earth on a mission to save her planet. She finds earth on the verge of nuclear meltdown. Only she and Jeremy Edgarton, a 16-year-old tech genius, can save the planet, and hopefully find each other. The Angel won the GOLD MEDAL in the 2011 IPPY (Independent Press) Awards in VISIONARY FICTION. Also won the 2011 INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARD in VISIONARY FICTION.
LADY GRACE, book II, brings the action forward a few thousand years. The radiation has finally lifted and survivors come together to begin new lives on a planet blasted back to prehistoric times. "FIVE STARS! A MODERN SCI-FI MASTERPIECE Lady Grace was first-rate science fiction and one of the most absorbing page-turners of that genre that I've read in years. Author Sandy Nathan exhibits the imagination of Ray Bradbury combined with the whimsicalness of Douglas Adams. That's high praise, but it's warranted. The story includes so much action; tense, suspenseful drama; and two charming love stories that it's irresistible." J. Chambers, Amazon Top 100 Reviewer
Lady Grace is brand new, out in print and Kindle versions.
SAM & EMILY, the third and final version of Tales from Earth's End, tells the story of Sam Baahuhd, the village headman on the Piermont Estate, and the mysterious stranger he brings to his people at the end of the world. This is an epic love story to be remembered for the ages. Not a perfect love, but a brilliant love.
Out as a print version; Kindle is following very soon.
The Angel & the Brown-eyed Boy tells the story of an angelic extraterrestrial and the boy she comes to love. It's set in a dark future world on the night before nuclear Armageddon. The Angel combines thrills, intrigue, and extraordinary characters. It is in the magical realism genre of my ...novel, NUMENON.
"A good book elicits an emotional response while being read; Nathan's book haunts the reader long after the final page is turned. In Angel & the Brown-Eyed Boy two dying worlds fight for survival, their futures dependent on a revolutionary and an angelic otherworldly dancer. It is world not that many heartbeats away from our own, making the premise chilling."
Todd A. Fonseca, award-winning author of The Time Cavern
TECOLOTE: THE LITTLE HORSE THAT COULD––A new book for children of all ages. Born prematur
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July 23, 2012
Sam and Emily (Tales from Earth's End III) - A Gripping Story of Life After the World Ends
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Sandy Nathan
Format: Kindle, Paperback
Sam Baahuhd flees with his village to live the rest of their lives in the underground shelter just before the bombs explode wiping out all of humanity. But Sam finds leadership in this place much different than the village. In this confined space with limited food and the need to create a society that will last for generations, the old ways of the village with their inbreeding and disorderly drunkenness will surely doom the future of humanity. Sam must change his people but first must change himself. If it weren't for Emily and her love, he may not be strong enough. Unfortunately, Sam may have to give her up in order to protect future generations.
While "Sam and Emily" is the third book in Nathan's "Tales from the Earth's End" series, this is a very different book from the first two and in many ways stands alone. Whereas the other volumes focus more on the science fiction elements, this volume centers on the relationship between two critical and damaged personalities as they struggle to keep their love alive while living under impossible conditions. Nathan's insights into the logistics and struggles of life in the underground and how to plan out generations who must not only survive but thrive, especially given the issues of inbreeding and genetic contamination with their limited human stock, is fascinating and reminiscent of Stephen King's epic masterpiece - The Stand.
"Sam and Emily" is by far my favorite and I think the best written in the series. It will leave you thinking well after turning the last page.
Note: A complimentary copy of this novel was provided in return for a review.
May 16, 2012
The sequel to Lady Grace: A Thrilling Adventure Wrapped in the Embrace of Epic Love (Tales from Earth's End Book 2), Sam & Emily takes the reader back to the Earth of The Angel & the Brown-eyed Boy. The planet is moments from being destroyed in a nuclear holocaust.
Sam Baahuhd, headman of the village on Piermont Manor, carries a naked stranger into the huge, multi-billion dollar, underground bomb shelter on the estate.
The shelter was meant to save the planet's intellectual elite, but because of the speed with which the nuclear threat materializes, it ends up housing the people of the village. These are the staff and field workers of the estate.
It's a cosmic joke: the people of the village are unable to read, spend as much time as they can drunk or stoned, and would rather fight than get a day's work done.
Sam is in charge of managing these rowdies––his people. They would like nothing more than to murder him; that's how the village changes headmen. When Sam brings the battered but lovely stranger into the mix and upsets everything. She's a wildcard in a volatile environment.
"Out of the ballpark! It's a terrific story with wonderful characters––both the good guys and the bad guys––in all kinds of wild situations."
Laren Bright, Emmy-nominated television writer
Sam Baahuhd, headman of the village on Piermont Manor, carries a naked stranger into the huge, multi-billion dollar, underground bomb shelter on the estate.
The shelter was meant to save the planet's intellectual elite, but because of the speed with which the nuclear threat materializes, it ends up housing the people of the village. These are the staff and field workers of the estate.
It's a cosmic joke: the people of the village are unable to read, spend as much time as they can drunk or stoned, and would rather fight than get a day's work done.
Sam is in charge of managing these rowdies––his people. They would like nothing more than to murder him; that's how the village changes headmen. When Sam brings the battered but lovely stranger into the mix and upsets everything. She's a wildcard in a volatile environment.
"Out of the ballpark! It's a terrific story with wonderful characters––both the good guys and the bad guys––in all kinds of wild situations."
Laren Bright, Emmy-nominated television writer
June 18, 2017
I loved this trilogy, it was an amazing, original story from start to finish.
April 8, 2017
The Headman & The Assassin: This is book three in the Earth’s End Series. If you haven’t read the first 2 you will be completely lost. As a Sci-fi/fantasy novel set nearly 80 years from now it is very interesting. Our story starts the morning before the Atomic Bombs pummel the earth. Making sure his village of 92 people get into the shelter that has been built for them in the cliffs of the Hamptons, Sam Baahuhd, The Headman of the village, also brings in a naked woman, who she is no one knows, but even after surviving the initial bombing that leveled the manor house above their heads, there is trouble brewing within the shelter. Will they survive the coming months stuck inside the shelter until the outside is safe for them again, or will they die just like everyone else in the world?
Though well written, I was completely lost, as I hadn’t read the first 2 books. There is a glitch in the file, as between chapters 14 and 15, there is a copyright page. That’s about 20% of the book. This is a very long book, and it is very easy to get lost within the plot line. I would recommend reading the first 2 books in the series before picking up this one.
Though well written, I was completely lost, as I hadn’t read the first 2 books. There is a glitch in the file, as between chapters 14 and 15, there is a copyright page. That’s about 20% of the book. This is a very long book, and it is very easy to get lost within the plot line. I would recommend reading the first 2 books in the series before picking up this one.
December 2, 2016
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