Remnants

Remnants Saga #1

by Stacy Xavier

Nations lie shattered and cities are desolate shells after the worst tragedy the world has ever seen. Following the illness that decimated Earth's population, pockets of survivors seek to rebuild civilization. But even in the wake of so much death, tyrants and dictators like Stefan Novick seek to consolidate power and rule the world's struggling inhabitants using terror and cruelty. Desperate to save the remnants left behind, Rob Hale leads a band of renegades to oppose the rising darkness.

230 pages, Paperback

Published September 30, 2017

About the author

Based just outside of Chicago, Stacy Xavier is a practicing attorney with her own small law firm. She makes regular appearances each season at the Bristol Renaissance Faire, where she assists with the Pub Crawl and gets to let out her saucy side. When she's not working, crawling, or writing, she can be found reading, or spending time with her three adorable rescue dogs, Scout, Taunie, and Luna, or her 26 chickens, dubbed "The Fellowship of the Egg."

Reviews

[Josh Ballard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Honestly, this was a pretty interesting read. Personally, I think the whole "post apocalyptic" thing has been done to death, but Xavier absolutely makes it work, in a very unique way. Pairing that genre with the Robin Hood story was not something that I would have expected, and the Chicago setting made it even more interesting for me, as a Chicago resident.

It became easy for me to picture the characters, get to know them, understand their motivations, and try to follow along with them. Each time I thought I knew exactly where the story was going, Xavier had something prepared to ensure that I was wrong...and I was happy each and every time that I was wrong.

If you are someone that enjoys a new twist on an old story, an attempt to breathe new life into a played out genre, or just a fun story that genuinely makes you want to get to the end, then this is a story for you.

[Danielle Shipley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dystopian stories aren’t really my thing, but Robin Hood definitely is, so what choice had I but to give this book a read? Though I would have preferred a little more ye olde Sherwood and a little less stress on grim, post-apocalyptic politics, the main characters did, on the whole, prove sympathetic enough to keep me rooting for them throughout their harrowing exploits in and around New Chicago. So while this is hardly the merriest take on the Merry Men, I’m glad the legend continues to inspire new additions to its sprawling canon.