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MONUMENT: The 'a Quiet APOCALYPSE' Omnibus
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER - the omnibus edition of Dave Jeffery's 'A Quiet Apocalypse' series,
A Quiet Apocalypse
Cathedral
The Samaritan
Tribunal
The First Samaritan - An Origin Story by Dave Jeffery and Tom Jeffery
WITH A FOREWORD
Kevin R. McNally
Cover design by Adrian Baldwin
Cover art/illustrations by Roberto Segate
"Jeffery’s A QUIET APOCALYPSE series is a terrifying yet oddly uplifting exploration of people in crisis. Frightening, bleak, and yet filled with empathy and humanism. Absolutely compelling!”—JONATHAN MABERRY, NY Times bestselling author of NecroTek and The Dragon in Winter.
“Jeffery has produced something very special, four novellas building a story that is unique, powerful and thoroughly compelling. It makes for a mature, brutal, but quite beautiful work, putting A QUIET APOCALYPSE up there with the greatest post-apocalyptic fiction.” —TIM LEBBON, author of AMONG THE LIVING and THE SILENCE.
“Dave Jeffery’s A QUIET APOCALYPSE series is an emotional gut-punch. Raw and relentless tales of the everyman—people like you and me—navigating a frighteningly possible future, Jeffery’s work resounds with universal truth.”—LEE MURRAY, USA Today Bestselling author and multiple Bram Stoker Award® and Shirley Jackson award winner.
A Quiet Apocalypse
Cathedral
The Samaritan
Tribunal
The First Samaritan - An Origin Story by Dave Jeffery and Tom Jeffery
WITH A FOREWORD
Kevin R. McNally
Cover design by Adrian Baldwin
Cover art/illustrations by Roberto Segate
"Jeffery’s A QUIET APOCALYPSE series is a terrifying yet oddly uplifting exploration of people in crisis. Frightening, bleak, and yet filled with empathy and humanism. Absolutely compelling!”—JONATHAN MABERRY, NY Times bestselling author of NecroTek and The Dragon in Winter.
“Jeffery has produced something very special, four novellas building a story that is unique, powerful and thoroughly compelling. It makes for a mature, brutal, but quite beautiful work, putting A QUIET APOCALYPSE up there with the greatest post-apocalyptic fiction.” —TIM LEBBON, author of AMONG THE LIVING and THE SILENCE.
“Dave Jeffery’s A QUIET APOCALYPSE series is an emotional gut-punch. Raw and relentless tales of the everyman—people like you and me—navigating a frighteningly possible future, Jeffery’s work resounds with universal truth.”—LEE MURRAY, USA Today Bestselling author and multiple Bram Stoker Award® and Shirley Jackson award winner.
630 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 13, 2024
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About the author
Dave Jeffery
75 books147 followers"Jeffery has a connoisseur's eye for the grotesque and mind-bending."—STEPHEN VOLK, writer of GHOSTWATCH and AFTERLIFE,
Dave Jeffery is a British Fantasy Award and The Bridport Prize Finalist. He is author of 19 novels, two collections, and numerous short stories. His Necropolis Rising series and yeti adventure Frostbite have both featured on the Amazon #1 bestseller list, while the A Quiet Apocalypse series continues to garner critical acclaim. His YA work includes the Beatrice Beecham supernatural mystery series and Finding Jericho. His screenwriting credits include award winning short films Ascension and Derelict.
Before retiring to write full-time, Jeffery worked in the NHS for 35 years specialising in the field of mental health nursing and risk management. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Studies and a Master of Science Degree in Health Studies. His novel Finding Jericho is an amalgamation of his experiences of working with service users who have experienced stigma and social exclusion due to their mental illness. As a novel, Finding Jericho (Demain Publishing) has featured on both the BBC Health and Independent Schools Entrance Examination Board's ‘Recommended Reading’ lists
Jeffery is a member of the Society of Authors, British Fantasy Society (also as a regular book reviewer), and actively involved in the Horror Writers Association where he is a mentor on the HWA Mentorship Scheme and recipient of the HWA Mentor of the Year Award, 2022. He was also co-chair of the HWA Wellness Committee for a three-year tenure.
Jeffery is married with two children and lives in Worcestershire, UK.
Forthcoming Releases:
SEPTEMBER 2025
False Prophet: A Novel (Eerie River Publishing)
This Way Lies Madness Anthology (co-edited with Lee Murray, Flame Tree Press)
MAY 2026
Screams & Whispers Collection (Horrorsmith Publishing)
Dave Jeffery is a British Fantasy Award and The Bridport Prize Finalist. He is author of 19 novels, two collections, and numerous short stories. His Necropolis Rising series and yeti adventure Frostbite have both featured on the Amazon #1 bestseller list, while the A Quiet Apocalypse series continues to garner critical acclaim. His YA work includes the Beatrice Beecham supernatural mystery series and Finding Jericho. His screenwriting credits include award winning short films Ascension and Derelict.
Before retiring to write full-time, Jeffery worked in the NHS for 35 years specialising in the field of mental health nursing and risk management. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Studies and a Master of Science Degree in Health Studies. His novel Finding Jericho is an amalgamation of his experiences of working with service users who have experienced stigma and social exclusion due to their mental illness. As a novel, Finding Jericho (Demain Publishing) has featured on both the BBC Health and Independent Schools Entrance Examination Board's ‘Recommended Reading’ lists
Jeffery is a member of the Society of Authors, British Fantasy Society (also as a regular book reviewer), and actively involved in the Horror Writers Association where he is a mentor on the HWA Mentorship Scheme and recipient of the HWA Mentor of the Year Award, 2022. He was also co-chair of the HWA Wellness Committee for a three-year tenure.
Jeffery is married with two children and lives in Worcestershire, UK.
Forthcoming Releases:
SEPTEMBER 2025
False Prophet: A Novel (Eerie River Publishing)
This Way Lies Madness Anthology (co-edited with Lee Murray, Flame Tree Press)
MAY 2026
Screams & Whispers Collection (Horrorsmith Publishing)
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February 23, 2025
Couldn't possibly give the whole series (and therefore this omnibus) fewer than 5 out of 5 stars. It's outstanding.
February 23, 2025
Simply a masterpiece.
March 29, 2025
I've read several of Dave Jeffrey's books in the past and always enjoyed them. The Necropolis Rising series, in particular, stands out as a great homage and twist on the Zombie genre. The A Quiet Apocalypse series, though, was one series I hadn't read. I'm not sure why as it's stylistically (dystopian horror) right in my wheelhouse. When earlier in the year I saw that Demain were releasing an anthology of all the books, A Quiet Apocalypse, Cathedral, The Samaritan and Tribunal, I thought it would be a great opportunity to get them all in one hit. And am I glad I did.
These are some of the best dystopian novels I've read. The fact that they also tell different but linked but equally shocking stories all set in the same world - which is amazingly realised - is, for me, the best part.
Jeffrey is a clever writer who wears his influences lightly. Yes, it's possible to see shades of Wyndham, Saramago, and Atwood in his writing, but they never feel forced or obvious or there for effect.
I could review this as 4 individual books, but actually, I think it needs to be reviewed as a single book because the whole is really more than the sum of the parts (not that the parts aren't bloody good, because they are). So, 5 stars it is.
These are some of the best dystopian novels I've read. The fact that they also tell different but linked but equally shocking stories all set in the same world - which is amazingly realised - is, for me, the best part.
Jeffrey is a clever writer who wears his influences lightly. Yes, it's possible to see shades of Wyndham, Saramago, and Atwood in his writing, but they never feel forced or obvious or there for effect.
I could review this as 4 individual books, but actually, I think it needs to be reviewed as a single book because the whole is really more than the sum of the parts (not that the parts aren't bloody good, because they are). So, 5 stars it is.
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