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Dead Trees
Dead Trees 1 & 2
A 'boxed' set of books 1 & 2 (plus a bonus story entitled "Day of Amarok," exclusive to this set).
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Dead Trees 1 Blurb:
Undergrounders have risen from the belly of the planet to wreak havoc on humanity. They hunt in darkness, dragging bodies into tunnels teeming with primitive life.
Elise is a widowed mother trying to keep her daughters alive, but bloody battles with beasties define survival road. Even when Elise finds Jason – a strong, capable man – she feels no safer, no more confident that her babies will see a tomorrow. Barely staying alive becomes the norm.
Against all odds, Elise and her group reach a sanctuary.
Yet there is no rest for the weary.
Doctors O’Toole and Peters have been experimenting on the humanoid monsters… but they aren’t interested in saving humanity. Elise assists them reluctantly, all the while working secretly with Nick and Jamie to return the world to what it once was—
Before the undergrounders came out to play on the surface
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Dead Trees 2 Blurb:
Two years of peace in a primitive setting can make anyone forget a past full of science, beasties, and blood.
On the day of her son’s birth, the past invades the Yukon valley where Elise and her family reside and they are once again forced to travel survival-road. The General has found her… tracked her across the miles. Elise is his obsession; he wants her for reasons beyond comprehension.
H2H was supposed to be the answer, but the world’s ‘savior’ has created a new pack of demons. The Rippers, beasties on steroids. Wild undergrounders are a mild nightmare in comparison.
Thankfully, humanity has an ace up its sleeves.
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Dead Trees 1 Blurb:
Undergrounders have risen from the belly of the planet to wreak havoc on humanity. They hunt in darkness, dragging bodies into tunnels teeming with primitive life.
Elise is a widowed mother trying to keep her daughters alive, but bloody battles with beasties define survival road. Even when Elise finds Jason – a strong, capable man – she feels no safer, no more confident that her babies will see a tomorrow. Barely staying alive becomes the norm.
Against all odds, Elise and her group reach a sanctuary.
Yet there is no rest for the weary.
Doctors O’Toole and Peters have been experimenting on the humanoid monsters… but they aren’t interested in saving humanity. Elise assists them reluctantly, all the while working secretly with Nick and Jamie to return the world to what it once was—
Before the undergrounders came out to play on the surface
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Dead Trees 2 Blurb:
Two years of peace in a primitive setting can make anyone forget a past full of science, beasties, and blood.
On the day of her son’s birth, the past invades the Yukon valley where Elise and her family reside and they are once again forced to travel survival-road. The General has found her… tracked her across the miles. Elise is his obsession; he wants her for reasons beyond comprehension.
H2H was supposed to be the answer, but the world’s ‘savior’ has created a new pack of demons. The Rippers, beasties on steroids. Wild undergrounders are a mild nightmare in comparison.
Thankfully, humanity has an ace up its sleeves.
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First published May 29, 2014
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May 31, 2015
Review of Dead Trees, Book 1:
Eli Constant is an amazing writer. I knew that when I finished her first book, a dystopian novella, DRAG.N, which I loved so much I went on to read another of her books, a full-length novel, Mastic, which was very beautifully written. Therefore I couldn’t miss Dead Trees, and I’m happy I had the chance to read it because as with the first two books, it combines powerful writing with excellent characterization.
Dead Trees is a dystopian novel where humanity is attacked by undergrounders – humanoids who lived hundreds and thousands of years underground and now made their appearance to put humanity’s existence at risk.
The main character is Elise Swanson, a 41-year-old widow and mom of two little girls, fleeing from one place to another in hope to find shelter from the undergrounders, which is never an easy task. The book description on Amazon and Goodreads is detailed enough so I won’t go into too much detail about the book’s plot. What I’d love to say is that for the third time I was amazed at Eli Constant’s ability to create loveable 3-D characters who you get to know so well you start thinking of them as someone you really know and care about.
I’m a huge fan of Eli’s writing and I hope to read more books by her in the near future.
*** I got myself a copy of Dead Trees 2 and can't wait to get to it! ***
Eli Constant is an amazing writer. I knew that when I finished her first book, a dystopian novella, DRAG.N, which I loved so much I went on to read another of her books, a full-length novel, Mastic, which was very beautifully written. Therefore I couldn’t miss Dead Trees, and I’m happy I had the chance to read it because as with the first two books, it combines powerful writing with excellent characterization.
Dead Trees is a dystopian novel where humanity is attacked by undergrounders – humanoids who lived hundreds and thousands of years underground and now made their appearance to put humanity’s existence at risk.
The main character is Elise Swanson, a 41-year-old widow and mom of two little girls, fleeing from one place to another in hope to find shelter from the undergrounders, which is never an easy task. The book description on Amazon and Goodreads is detailed enough so I won’t go into too much detail about the book’s plot. What I’d love to say is that for the third time I was amazed at Eli Constant’s ability to create loveable 3-D characters who you get to know so well you start thinking of them as someone you really know and care about.
I’m a huge fan of Eli’s writing and I hope to read more books by her in the near future.
*** I got myself a copy of Dead Trees 2 and can't wait to get to it! ***
April 12, 2017
Continuing on from book 1. The cure for the undergrounders H2H has made 99% of the affected beasties placid and comatose but that 1% have evolved into something else. The general is back and stalking Elise after a two year gap. We find a heavily pregnant Elise and her family in the Yukon territory with the Vuntuta tribe. Filled with tragedy and death as the family try to survive and getting help from a new character along the way. This is a great book. Something that I enjoyed was that Elise annoyed me. It's not often that a main character does this. Despite being a protective mother she was also thoughtless and hypocritical. She didn't want her daughter in law starting a family due to the dangers of the apocalypse while herself heavily pregnant and because she had no bullets for Liv's gun she left it behind as it was no use to her but Lorne had treasured the gun. There were just little bits of her character I didn't like. The ending was left open for another book so I am waiting for part three. Why were the book titles changed?
All in all an excellent series if a bit long.
All in all an excellent series if a bit long.
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