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The Dark Yergall
The Dark Yergall is a humorous trip through a future filled with galactic machinations. Aliens known as Yerggs conspire with the dystopian leaders of the Imkass Empire to destroy humanity. They desire to extract from the human genome the genes which allow humans to evolve thus ensuring that the Yerggs will rule until the end of the universe. Nosir Rag is a journalist who, with the help of an E.T. Rat Pack, discovers this nefarious plan. He then must overcome everything from sycophantic office assistants to tidal waves of love goo to keep hope alive in the Dark Yergall obsessed Imkass Empire.
168 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 17, 2010
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June 5, 2012
A Look at What Our Society Could Evolve Into!
The Dark Yergall is a great dystopian fantasy set well into the future, but it has a disturbingly real resonance to the world we live in today. Much like the Orwellian society in 1984, this future world is creepy and punctured with mindless, thoughtless official propaganda designed to make the populace believe they reside in a utopia, even if the opposite is true. The author achieves his goal of presenting a grotesque, crazy, mind-numbing system, while also filling his world with aliens, nonsensical bureaucratic sound bites, futuristic terminology and even some humor. The main character, Nosir Rag, is the GenMod (genetically modified person), who is about to find out what this society is really like.
The Dark Yergall is a great dystopian fantasy set well into the future, but it has a disturbingly real resonance to the world we live in today. Much like the Orwellian society in 1984, this future world is creepy and punctured with mindless, thoughtless official propaganda designed to make the populace believe they reside in a utopia, even if the opposite is true. The author achieves his goal of presenting a grotesque, crazy, mind-numbing system, while also filling his world with aliens, nonsensical bureaucratic sound bites, futuristic terminology and even some humor. The main character, Nosir Rag, is the GenMod (genetically modified person), who is about to find out what this society is really like.
June 7, 2012
I love dystopian novels even though they are bleak. Like sci-fi, dystopian novels speculate about what the future holds, but deliver a future that while advanced also seems frighteningly close to how we live today. Brave New World and 1984 are the best dystopian novels I have ever read but I am always eager to try and find rivals to their crowns. Would The Dark Yergall be such a book or a poor pretender?
Nosir Rag is a journalist who begins the story trying to locate Sarmus who has disappeared mysteriously. Sarmus was responsible for a taboo strain of thought where he considered living “at the front of the world” and this led to the ROC Uprising which was soon suppressed. Watching over the society Nosir is from is the Imkass Empire, rivalling Orwell’s Big Brother in many ways. Nosir’s hunt for clues about Sarmus lead him to some frightening discoveries that rock the foundations of everything he has ever believed.
Sullivan’s universe nods to 1984 but has a lot identity of its own. The Imkass Empire rule their subjects with manipulation and the insistence that theirs is a society of utopian proportions. InfoOrg Central is responsible for the distribution of all information in the form of InfoAlerts and any changes or updates to information come from InfoMods which are not to be questioned. Anything that is inaccurate or considered taboo is known as a DefectoMod. While DefectoMods are to be ignored, Nosir has taken to using them much to the dismay of those around him, including his friend Mainco. Having seemingly traced the whereabouts of Sarmus, Nosir is called back home, leaving Mainco to search further on Miranda.
Back in the heart of the Imkass Empire, Nosir meets the non-mod Epo who has some startling revelations for him courtesy of The Room of Never Was. The novel builds towards another peculiar race – the Yerggs – and we get to the heart of the book’s peculiar title The Dark Yergall. Although society contains aliens, GenMods (such as Nosir), non-mods (such as Epo) and even sexbots, there are some aspects of Sullivan’s world that don’t seem beyond possibility in our own future. The power of the media is expressed in the InfoAlerts which broadcast only what the Imkass Empire wants its subjects to know whereas the obsolete DefectoMods have a tendency to be the truth, although the word “truth” is not one that is used in this world.
The Dark Yergall is a well-structured and sometimes amusing dystopian novel with the Imkass Empire being utterly ruthless in their approach to those that rely on their every word. Such is the influence of the empire that the word Imkass is used to replace some words that humans may have previously used. In this world you wouldn’t for instance say “Kiss my ass!” you would say “Kiss my Imkass!” Sullivan has carefully applied layer upon layer of intricacy into this dystopia where the only truths are locked away and forgotten. My only complaint with the novel is it is sadly too short but the conclusion leaves this open potentially for further adventures from Nosir Rag. I’m hoping so anyway!
The Dark Yergall is an excellent dystopian novel, hindered only by its brevity, but that seems a minor complaint given how carefully thought out this world is. Sullivan clearly has a good grasp of modern societies and his vision is frighteningly plausible for our own future. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more of Nosir Rag in the not too distant future and preferably before the Imkass Empire really does rise to power.
Nosir Rag is a journalist who begins the story trying to locate Sarmus who has disappeared mysteriously. Sarmus was responsible for a taboo strain of thought where he considered living “at the front of the world” and this led to the ROC Uprising which was soon suppressed. Watching over the society Nosir is from is the Imkass Empire, rivalling Orwell’s Big Brother in many ways. Nosir’s hunt for clues about Sarmus lead him to some frightening discoveries that rock the foundations of everything he has ever believed.
Sullivan’s universe nods to 1984 but has a lot identity of its own. The Imkass Empire rule their subjects with manipulation and the insistence that theirs is a society of utopian proportions. InfoOrg Central is responsible for the distribution of all information in the form of InfoAlerts and any changes or updates to information come from InfoMods which are not to be questioned. Anything that is inaccurate or considered taboo is known as a DefectoMod. While DefectoMods are to be ignored, Nosir has taken to using them much to the dismay of those around him, including his friend Mainco. Having seemingly traced the whereabouts of Sarmus, Nosir is called back home, leaving Mainco to search further on Miranda.
Back in the heart of the Imkass Empire, Nosir meets the non-mod Epo who has some startling revelations for him courtesy of The Room of Never Was. The novel builds towards another peculiar race – the Yerggs – and we get to the heart of the book’s peculiar title The Dark Yergall. Although society contains aliens, GenMods (such as Nosir), non-mods (such as Epo) and even sexbots, there are some aspects of Sullivan’s world that don’t seem beyond possibility in our own future. The power of the media is expressed in the InfoAlerts which broadcast only what the Imkass Empire wants its subjects to know whereas the obsolete DefectoMods have a tendency to be the truth, although the word “truth” is not one that is used in this world.
The Dark Yergall is a well-structured and sometimes amusing dystopian novel with the Imkass Empire being utterly ruthless in their approach to those that rely on their every word. Such is the influence of the empire that the word Imkass is used to replace some words that humans may have previously used. In this world you wouldn’t for instance say “Kiss my ass!” you would say “Kiss my Imkass!” Sullivan has carefully applied layer upon layer of intricacy into this dystopia where the only truths are locked away and forgotten. My only complaint with the novel is it is sadly too short but the conclusion leaves this open potentially for further adventures from Nosir Rag. I’m hoping so anyway!
The Dark Yergall is an excellent dystopian novel, hindered only by its brevity, but that seems a minor complaint given how carefully thought out this world is. Sullivan clearly has a good grasp of modern societies and his vision is frighteningly plausible for our own future. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more of Nosir Rag in the not too distant future and preferably before the Imkass Empire really does rise to power.
October 21, 2010
This futuristic scifi book resonates with many contemporary issues. As the reader follows reporter Norsir Rag's adventure they discover he lives in a world where genetic manipultion and government control is part of everyday Imkassian existence. The truth is something everyone has forgotten. But, Nosir has a nagging sensation that something is not right with world and is determined to find out. This book was easy and delightful to read as Norsir's journey is wrought with political intriuge, aliens, humor and social commentary.
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November 17, 2011Meet Noisr and Mainco. Travel to Miranda. Get creeped out by the Yerggs. Lose your way at BureauOrg Central. Discover the Room of Never Was. Find out what an IROnic is. Witness a tidal wave of goo. Run up a spire chased by paras, and when you get to the top--keep going!
The Dark Yergall is my first book. It has humor, action and lots of surprises. Please give it a read!
The Dark Yergall is my first book. It has humor, action and lots of surprises. Please give it a read!
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