HAVEN is a SciFi short story set on a post-apocalyptic Staten Island where Robert has been trapped for months. Initially seeking refuge with an organization called HAVEN, Robert soon discovers that things aren't what they seem. Caught between a rock and hard place, Robert must escape before he is found out, but what will happen when he comes face to face with a horrific act?
Drew Avera is a Navy veteran, musician, and the bestselling author of the Dead Planet series and the Alorian Wars.
He was born and raised in rural Mississippi and grew up with a deep affection for comic books and science fiction movies and television shows. At one point he boasted a comic book collection with more than 1,000 issues. His love for comics inspired him to pursue a career as a comic book artist, but an injury to his hand ended that dream permanently.
Still, he was inspired to create in one medium or the other. He picked up a guitar at fifteen years old and began writing songs almost immediately. That “obsession” as his parents called it put him on the path to rock stardom…in his bedroom.
It was when he turned sixteen and bought the novel “What Savage Beast” by Peter David (The Incredible Hulk) that he caught the bug to be a writer. Unfortunately, it would not come to fruition until fourteen years later.
Drew enlisted in the US Navy as an Aviation Electricians Mate at seventeen years old. He served twenty years and deployed on four combat deployments to the Persian Gulf. During those deployments he would spend his free time reading books. He loved reading books in a series and that inspired his journey to becoming a fiction author.
In November 2012, at the age of thirty, Drew began his journey as an author by participating in national Novel Writing Month (NANoWriMo). He published his first book in March of 2013 and the rest, as they say, is history. With more than twenty books published in the space opera, military science fiction, cyberpunk, and dystopian genres, he has built a backlog with something for everyone who enjoys science fiction adventures.
After retiring from the Navy, he began an exciting new career in the simulation field. Drew is now focusing his efforts on building upon what he learned in his first eight years of publishing. He has plans for an all-new space opera and military science fiction series as well as new collaborations with other writers.
I have read a number of Drew Avera's stories and I have to say that this may be the first time I have given one less than five stars. It's just too darned short and I didn't have the time to get to know the characters. In an odd way, it felt rushed. Which is unfortunate, because there's a good chance I might have been balling like a babe at the end, had I been given the opportunity to empathize with the characters.
I would love to see this story lengthened and see more character development. Mr. Avera, if you read this, please, turn this into a novella at the least. There is a story here and I want to read it.
A short story with an interesting premise but it simply doesn't go anywhere. It feels like there is a real story in there somewhere. A taster for a future novel perhaps?
Short zombie fiction - the writing is good, better than most, in fact, but the story was so brief that I didn't care what happened to the characters in the end.