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Sunfall: Season One
It came without warning...
One Sunday afternoon, those who stood in the sun caught fire and turned to ash. Forced indoors, humanity must learn to live in the darkness. Unless, what waits in the darkness catches them, too... Forced inside a giant retail warehouse, a group of survivors must learn to live with the darkness and each other. A father aims to protect his children from a dangerous new world, whatever the cost. An ex-cop burdened by her shaky past puts her skills to the test when people start dying. A mysterious worshiper attempts to rally the community and seek alternative refuge.
Sunfall is an episodic series that will be released in "episodes" and "seasons", much like a television show. Each "season" will consist of six episodes, and each episode will be anywhere from 12k-20k words. Recommended for adult audiences.
One Sunday afternoon, those who stood in the sun caught fire and turned to ash. Forced indoors, humanity must learn to live in the darkness. Unless, what waits in the darkness catches them, too... Forced inside a giant retail warehouse, a group of survivors must learn to live with the darkness and each other. A father aims to protect his children from a dangerous new world, whatever the cost. An ex-cop burdened by her shaky past puts her skills to the test when people start dying. A mysterious worshiper attempts to rally the community and seek alternative refuge.
Sunfall is an episodic series that will be released in "episodes" and "seasons", much like a television show. Each "season" will consist of six episodes, and each episode will be anywhere from 12k-20k words. Recommended for adult audiences.
- GenresHorrorPost Apocalyptic
266 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 18, 2014
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Tim Meyer
49 books1,052 followersTim Meyer dwells in a dark cave near the Jersey Shore. He's an author, husband, father, podcast host, blogger, coffee connoisseur, beer enthusiast, and explorer of worlds. He writes horror, mysteries, science fiction, and thrillers, although he prefers to blur genres and let the story fall where it may.
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November 23, 2016
My original Sunfall audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.
In a near future one day the sun light becomes lethal and starts burning people to the core, churning them until they become unrecognizable. Sam and his two daughters and son are able to survive and seek refuge in Sam's mall, where other people appear looking for a safe place to stay. The problems start again when one of the people living in the mall disappears and another one starts talking about the horrors they have seen outside when looking for supplies at night.
This book is written as a TV series, in which each chapter could be an episode. I could see it working on the screen if some aspects were polished.
I expected a dystopian novel, but I would file this book more properly under horror. The story's construction and rhythm are compelling, and the unknown evil hidden in the night makes you want to continue listening just to know more. It is a useful resource to keep the reader interested, but unfortunately that made me not understand the leader's decisions. Why would you want to hide a real danger from your people if you are all together fighting to survive? After a while the danger gets revealed and what it was felt a bit anticlimactic. I will not spoil it for you but I just wanted to mention that it felt a bit unrealistic how that band came together and how they were convinced to follow their leader. Many times in this book I did not completely understand the characters actions and change of heart. I think a deeper development of characters was needed here.
I also had issues with some of the dialogs, especially with the bad ones' words, explaining how everything started. I consider this a forced and artificial way of delivering information that could have been done in a more subtle way.
Steven Barnett's narration was very well done, with a compelling tone and different voices for the characters, and he knows how to keep you interested in the story. I think it was a good choice for this book.
I enjoyed the first third of the book, when we were kept in the dark and trying to guess what the terrible danger was. The development was a bit subpar, and I also missed some scientists trying to guess why the sun beams became suddenly lethal. It was also not clear if animals were affected or not, but I guess horror novels do not focus on this kind of details, and dystopian or science fiction books do, which is what I expected this time.
If you are into regular dystopian worlds, this book may not be for you, but if you prefer horror without too many questions, you will enjoy this one.
In a near future one day the sun light becomes lethal and starts burning people to the core, churning them until they become unrecognizable. Sam and his two daughters and son are able to survive and seek refuge in Sam's mall, where other people appear looking for a safe place to stay. The problems start again when one of the people living in the mall disappears and another one starts talking about the horrors they have seen outside when looking for supplies at night.
This book is written as a TV series, in which each chapter could be an episode. I could see it working on the screen if some aspects were polished.
I expected a dystopian novel, but I would file this book more properly under horror. The story's construction and rhythm are compelling, and the unknown evil hidden in the night makes you want to continue listening just to know more. It is a useful resource to keep the reader interested, but unfortunately that made me not understand the leader's decisions. Why would you want to hide a real danger from your people if you are all together fighting to survive? After a while the danger gets revealed and what it was felt a bit anticlimactic. I will not spoil it for you but I just wanted to mention that it felt a bit unrealistic how that band came together and how they were convinced to follow their leader. Many times in this book I did not completely understand the characters actions and change of heart. I think a deeper development of characters was needed here.
I also had issues with some of the dialogs, especially with the bad ones' words, explaining how everything started. I consider this a forced and artificial way of delivering information that could have been done in a more subtle way.
Steven Barnett's narration was very well done, with a compelling tone and different voices for the characters, and he knows how to keep you interested in the story. I think it was a good choice for this book.
I enjoyed the first third of the book, when we were kept in the dark and trying to guess what the terrible danger was. The development was a bit subpar, and I also missed some scientists trying to guess why the sun beams became suddenly lethal. It was also not clear if animals were affected or not, but I guess horror novels do not focus on this kind of details, and dystopian or science fiction books do, which is what I expected this time.
If you are into regular dystopian worlds, this book may not be for you, but if you prefer horror without too many questions, you will enjoy this one.
July 2, 2017
It is rare that I read any books that are part of a series. SUNFALL is the rare exception when I not only enjoyed the book but also found that I genuinely want to read on further in the series. This is a post-apocalyptic story that utilizes a new and interesting angle as the world ender. Coupled with the fact that the writing team of Tim Meyer, Chad Scanlon and Pete Draper understand that what really drives a post-apoc story is characters, and SUNFALL has complex, realistic characters in spades. Not only that but the writing itself is seamless, it is impossible to tell this was a three person collaboration.
The hook of SUNFALL is simple, exposure to the sun suddenly and inexplicably will cause you to spontaneously combust. That's it, that simple. No explanation is given. That is where the characters take over and keep pulling you through the story. Of course there is good and evil factions. Of course there are love interests and of course there are unpleasant scenes of death (which are particularly intense and cringe worthy, a true horror addict will grin wickedly at some of the deaths in the book.) The characters are deep and well thought out. There isn't a throw away character or two dimensional personality in the lot. Of course no one is safe and there is genuine sense of loss when someone shuffles lose this mortal coil. It feels rare to me, in the content heavy genre of post apocalyptic fiction, that you get characters this deep and involved.
By the end of the book I felt there were mild surprises and unforeseen twists. The book works well as a stand-alone but sets itself up for the further adventures of more books to come in the series. That fact that the story ties most loose knots while ultimately not providing any explanation for the sunlight killing people is brilliant. Its the hook of the book and the hook of the series and you don't feel gypped for not having that answer. I will definitely be purchasing the next book in the series soon to see where this gem goes.
The hook of SUNFALL is simple, exposure to the sun suddenly and inexplicably will cause you to spontaneously combust. That's it, that simple. No explanation is given. That is where the characters take over and keep pulling you through the story. Of course there is good and evil factions. Of course there are love interests and of course there are unpleasant scenes of death (which are particularly intense and cringe worthy, a true horror addict will grin wickedly at some of the deaths in the book.) The characters are deep and well thought out. There isn't a throw away character or two dimensional personality in the lot. Of course no one is safe and there is genuine sense of loss when someone shuffles lose this mortal coil. It feels rare to me, in the content heavy genre of post apocalyptic fiction, that you get characters this deep and involved.
By the end of the book I felt there were mild surprises and unforeseen twists. The book works well as a stand-alone but sets itself up for the further adventures of more books to come in the series. That fact that the story ties most loose knots while ultimately not providing any explanation for the sunlight killing people is brilliant. Its the hook of the book and the hook of the series and you don't feel gypped for not having that answer. I will definitely be purchasing the next book in the series soon to see where this gem goes.
December 26, 2016
I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway and I liked this book ! I found it to be smooth reading and interesting. Characters were developed enough to get a sense of them and their background. The story line is written in a way that keeps you engaged and interested. Will definitely recommend this book to friends and family.
December 12, 2016
I received this book as a Giveaway. The words of advice given by the authors with their signatures were quite humorous! Thanks! I found it to be an easy read, that peaked my curiosity early on in the story. The fact that it is delineated into episodes contributes to the flow, and also influences you to want to read the next Season. There are questions to be answered! :)
December 15, 2017
Disgust
Never have I ever read such a disgusting book! The language is nasty, and the describing of the way the people died was just too much. The writing is amature at best! So read you have been warned! Not for young people,not for people that don't like bad language, I have never given any book a bad review! Don't waste your money!
Never have I ever read such a disgusting book! The language is nasty, and the describing of the way the people died was just too much. The writing is amature at best! So read you have been warned! Not for young people,not for people that don't like bad language, I have never given any book a bad review! Don't waste your money!
January 6, 2018
Creepy! But good kinda creepy. Completely different from other post apocalyptic books I’ve read. Looking forward to the next installment. Thank goodness for kindle downloads, I won’t have to wait long!
January 14, 2017
A bit of a twist on the apocalypse; sun flares and all. Not a bad story, but fairly juvenile. Three.point.five for the effort.
November 10, 2018
Wow! A lot is going on in this book! Really keeps your attention. I love the flawed main character!
It's gory but very good!!
It's gory but very good!!
May 5, 2015
I was very pleasantly surprised at this episodic novel I can see it being made into a tv show for Syfi channel. The premise of the story is that quite suddenly the sun starts burning humans alive it follows several ragtag groups as they struggle to adapt and live in darkness as well as what lurks there. Reminded me of the movie adaptation of Stephen kings the mist in that way. Will be most interested in more "episodes" as the chapters are named.
September 18, 2019
I was very impressed with this book. Lots of thrills and unexpected things happen, especially at the end. Can't wait to read the rest.
April 9, 2017
I was actually wanting to get the book Sunfall by D Gideon and accidentally downloaded this one instead, so decided to go ahead and read it. The event is different though I can't imagine any scientific reason why the sun would burn people but not plant life etc. The characters were all one dimensional and unlikable. The bad guys were so horribly bad it was unbelievable. And really, in a warehouse of supplies they were going to trek across the continent because a persuasive person says so? For me this was really a 1.5 star at best but I rounded up to 2 because it was not entirely unreadable.
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