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Nineveh's Child
They told me the world above was dead. They lied. It was their world that was dying.
I escaped. Outside, I found a family, and I was loved. My new home had its struggles but it was very much alive.
Six years later, Nineveh came for me. And nothing would stop them from trying to take me back...
My brother told me about the post-apocalyptic Earth outside of Nineveh, a land teeming with genetically-engineered monsters and radioactive fallout. He was my only friend besides a cantankerous cat that haunted my room. But my brother spun tales to pass the time, and none of my teachers or doctors would tell me the truth about the world that was or the purpose of our life in Nineveh. My brother got sick. Other children did, too.
The last thing my brother did was make sure I got out. Most of what he told me about the surface I found untrue. The real monsters were the ones who came for me and destroyed the life I had. So I would return to Nineveh, learn its secrets, and save my brother.
But could I face Nineveh’s greatest secret without losing my soul?
I escaped. Outside, I found a family, and I was loved. My new home had its struggles but it was very much alive.
Six years later, Nineveh came for me. And nothing would stop them from trying to take me back...
My brother told me about the post-apocalyptic Earth outside of Nineveh, a land teeming with genetically-engineered monsters and radioactive fallout. He was my only friend besides a cantankerous cat that haunted my room. But my brother spun tales to pass the time, and none of my teachers or doctors would tell me the truth about the world that was or the purpose of our life in Nineveh. My brother got sick. Other children did, too.
The last thing my brother did was make sure I got out. Most of what he told me about the surface I found untrue. The real monsters were the ones who came for me and destroyed the life I had. So I would return to Nineveh, learn its secrets, and save my brother.
But could I face Nineveh’s greatest secret without losing my soul?
312 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 15, 2017
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About the author
Gerhard Gehrke
35 books88 followersGerhard Gehrke is the author of several science fiction novels including the best seller Refuge and The Minder’s War series, Nineveh's Child, A Beginner's Guide to Invading Earth, and the Supervillain High series.
He's written and produced for local TV and currently creates story content for a video game company.
You can keep up with him at gerhardgehrke.com.
When not writing, he can be found hiking the hills and trails of Northern California with his wife, looking for snakes, insects, and raptors to annoy, and poking dead things with a stick.
He's written and produced for local TV and currently creates story content for a video game company.
You can keep up with him at gerhardgehrke.com.
When not writing, he can be found hiking the hills and trails of Northern California with his wife, looking for snakes, insects, and raptors to annoy, and poking dead things with a stick.
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October 5, 2017
Reviewed by Jetana Mutter
*This book was provided for an honest review
What is it about the end-of-the-world scenarios that grab our attention? For me, I think it’s to see that even under the direst of circumstances, life goes on; but it’s how life goes on that makes it interesting. There’s all different kinds of ways that you can imagine the world ending: an asteroid hits Earth, major disasters change the face of the world and human kind has no other option but to flow along with it, and my favorite- nuclear war. Ever since the Cold War in the 1960s, nuclear war has always been in the back of everyone’s minds and what would happen if there was another World War that involved nukes. How would that change the course of human history? Could the human race survive and if we could, what would life be like? Nineveh’s Child gives us a unique perspective on those questions.
Nineveh’s Child follows Dinah, a young girl who lives on the surface helping tend to a farm with Karl, Uma and Rosalyn. Dinah didn’t always live on the surface though- she comes from Nineveh, an underground development that was originally established when nuclear war was waged on the surface, making survival difficult. She always planned to go back to Nineveh for her brother, Ruben. When the village Dinah lives in is attacked and farms are set on fire, she is the only one in the house to escape and must survive on her own as she tries to make her way back to find Ruben. Along her travels, she meets some companions who inadvertently bring the very people she’s looking to avoid, who in turn take her prisoner. Dinah escapes with some help, and she decides that she’s going to go looking for these people to see if what she thought she saw is true- Ruben is now their ringleader. Will Dinah make it to Nineveh and be able to save her brother? Does Nineveh hold a more sinister plan than she remembers? Pick up a copy of Nineveh’s Child today and find out!
Gerhard Gehrke brings a different approach to the dystopian genre with the first book in his series, complete with monsters, giant man-eating birds, and mad scientists. This book is a great read if you like dystopian worlds. The sequel, The Tin Bride, is sure to continue the strange but brilliant world that Gehrke has given us and I look forward to reading it!
*This book was provided for an honest review
What is it about the end-of-the-world scenarios that grab our attention? For me, I think it’s to see that even under the direst of circumstances, life goes on; but it’s how life goes on that makes it interesting. There’s all different kinds of ways that you can imagine the world ending: an asteroid hits Earth, major disasters change the face of the world and human kind has no other option but to flow along with it, and my favorite- nuclear war. Ever since the Cold War in the 1960s, nuclear war has always been in the back of everyone’s minds and what would happen if there was another World War that involved nukes. How would that change the course of human history? Could the human race survive and if we could, what would life be like? Nineveh’s Child gives us a unique perspective on those questions.
Nineveh’s Child follows Dinah, a young girl who lives on the surface helping tend to a farm with Karl, Uma and Rosalyn. Dinah didn’t always live on the surface though- she comes from Nineveh, an underground development that was originally established when nuclear war was waged on the surface, making survival difficult. She always planned to go back to Nineveh for her brother, Ruben. When the village Dinah lives in is attacked and farms are set on fire, she is the only one in the house to escape and must survive on her own as she tries to make her way back to find Ruben. Along her travels, she meets some companions who inadvertently bring the very people she’s looking to avoid, who in turn take her prisoner. Dinah escapes with some help, and she decides that she’s going to go looking for these people to see if what she thought she saw is true- Ruben is now their ringleader. Will Dinah make it to Nineveh and be able to save her brother? Does Nineveh hold a more sinister plan than she remembers? Pick up a copy of Nineveh’s Child today and find out!
Gerhard Gehrke brings a different approach to the dystopian genre with the first book in his series, complete with monsters, giant man-eating birds, and mad scientists. This book is a great read if you like dystopian worlds. The sequel, The Tin Bride, is sure to continue the strange but brilliant world that Gehrke has given us and I look forward to reading it!
May 30, 2017
Dinah calls two places home. One is among Carl, Uma, and Roslyn on their farm house out in the country. We are talking about a post-apocalyptic waste land, but her neck of the woods is pretty nice. Until the folks from her first home come calling.
Some of the problems Dinah faces are those of simple wilderness survival. Some of them have to do with why she solves math problems in her head as a way to unwind. What she must overcome in Nineveh is the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt getting caught plugged into the Borg from TNG.
I loved it!
I’ve been hearing a bit of poo pooing about Dystopian and/ or Post-Apocalyptic SciFi here and there, but perhaps a scenario that starts after the world has gone wrong is a reflection of the times we live in. Of course people imagine the end of the world. Society as we live it has a variety of interdependencies. Any single professional or academic is specialized to the point that perhaps apocalypse is likelier than we know. There are people who actually stock bunkers and practice wilderness survival, Preppers. If people are actually getting ready for the apocalypse, a much larger portion of the population is entertaining the notion, through fiction. I think the best thing about world gone wrong novels is the optimist who is trying to turn radioactive lemons into glowing lemonade. Dinah keeps her chin up and tends toward the loner lifestyle, so I was rooting from early on.
I received a free copy in exchange for a review. Any review. That fact that it’s a good one is because the book is good. Which has nothing to do with how awesome I am. You’ll have to find that out for yourself @S_Shane_Thomas on Twitter.
Trust is a theme in this novel. Dinah is close with a bunch of people chock full of agendas. Being the sweet thing she is, untangling how to set the world straight without betraying another proves to be the true test of the character.
I recommend this novel to people who enjoy optimistic main characters, post-apocalyptic worlds, cat people, people with siblings, and fans of classic speculative fiction like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or Frankenstein.
Some of the problems Dinah faces are those of simple wilderness survival. Some of them have to do with why she solves math problems in her head as a way to unwind. What she must overcome in Nineveh is the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt getting caught plugged into the Borg from TNG.
I loved it!
I’ve been hearing a bit of poo pooing about Dystopian and/ or Post-Apocalyptic SciFi here and there, but perhaps a scenario that starts after the world has gone wrong is a reflection of the times we live in. Of course people imagine the end of the world. Society as we live it has a variety of interdependencies. Any single professional or academic is specialized to the point that perhaps apocalypse is likelier than we know. There are people who actually stock bunkers and practice wilderness survival, Preppers. If people are actually getting ready for the apocalypse, a much larger portion of the population is entertaining the notion, through fiction. I think the best thing about world gone wrong novels is the optimist who is trying to turn radioactive lemons into glowing lemonade. Dinah keeps her chin up and tends toward the loner lifestyle, so I was rooting from early on.
I received a free copy in exchange for a review. Any review. That fact that it’s a good one is because the book is good. Which has nothing to do with how awesome I am. You’ll have to find that out for yourself @S_Shane_Thomas on Twitter.
Trust is a theme in this novel. Dinah is close with a bunch of people chock full of agendas. Being the sweet thing she is, untangling how to set the world straight without betraying another proves to be the true test of the character.
I recommend this novel to people who enjoy optimistic main characters, post-apocalyptic worlds, cat people, people with siblings, and fans of classic speculative fiction like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or Frankenstein.
December 31, 2024
As humans struggle to adapt to a harsh post apocalyptic world, Dinah, born in a technological readout, growing up on a struggling homestead, has to thread her way between the sins of the old world and the harsh reality of the new.
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