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Eupocalypse #3
Catallaxis
From the Seeds of Anarchy
In the first years after the plague of machine sickness destroyed all plastic and petroleum, humanity focused on raw survival. Now, the remnant who succeeded are remaking the world.
This book follows the characters you came to love: D.D., the creator of the bacterium behind the destruction; Jessica, her prodigal daughter; Bilqis, the priestess of the New Islam in North Africa; Meala, the youthful warrior who spreads the new religion; Li, the Chinese bureaucrat swept into the global cataclysm; and other memorable figures. See through their eyes and experience their personal journeys. Witness the near-future history: the death of government as we know it, and the reinvention of technology as a decentralized and fundamentally biological power uniting humanity in a new, decentralized paradigm.
The deadly battles, epic journeys and voyages, unlikely love stories, and scientific meditations you expect from the Eupocalypse are brought to a thrilling (but never final!) conclusion here.
In the first years after the plague of machine sickness destroyed all plastic and petroleum, humanity focused on raw survival. Now, the remnant who succeeded are remaking the world.
This book follows the characters you came to love: D.D., the creator of the bacterium behind the destruction; Jessica, her prodigal daughter; Bilqis, the priestess of the New Islam in North Africa; Meala, the youthful warrior who spreads the new religion; Li, the Chinese bureaucrat swept into the global cataclysm; and other memorable figures. See through their eyes and experience their personal journeys. Witness the near-future history: the death of government as we know it, and the reinvention of technology as a decentralized and fundamentally biological power uniting humanity in a new, decentralized paradigm.
The deadly battles, epic journeys and voyages, unlikely love stories, and scientific meditations you expect from the Eupocalypse are brought to a thrilling (but never final!) conclusion here.
213 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 31, 2019
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About the author
Peri Dwyer Worrell
19 books1 followerPeri grew up white on a Puerto Rican street in New York, gaining a keen appreciation of diversity, tolerance, and taking no crap from anyone. The author of novels, short stories, and poems, Peri uses her science degree to copy edit science manuscripts freelance, and watches a lot of Caribbean sunsets.
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May 8, 2023
The first book in this series was a great book and a solid 5 stars. The second was good but only worth 4 stars. This the third at best is ok and 3 stars is generous.
What started out as a post apocaliptic/distopian themed trilogy in this book became much more Sci-fi with a science journal feel to it. There were some part of the book that will make your eyes glaze over. Here's an example taken from towards the end of the book:
'The other three sat impassive staring blankly.
"That means that electrons move along their DNS molecules until quantum teleportation takes place when they hit the right enantiomeric pairing, which breaks coherence..."
He looked around. "- Crickets." '
The fact that even the characters in the book had no clue is a sign not many readers will either.
Truthfully I was disappointed, I really enjoyed the first book this ending just seems flat. Had I not already been invested in the characters I doubt I could have awarded 3 stars, it really is hanging on the coattails of it's predecessors.
What started out as a post apocaliptic/distopian themed trilogy in this book became much more Sci-fi with a science journal feel to it. There were some part of the book that will make your eyes glaze over. Here's an example taken from towards the end of the book:
'The other three sat impassive staring blankly.
"That means that electrons move along their DNS molecules until quantum teleportation takes place when they hit the right enantiomeric pairing, which breaks coherence..."
He looked around. "- Crickets." '
The fact that even the characters in the book had no clue is a sign not many readers will either.
Truthfully I was disappointed, I really enjoyed the first book this ending just seems flat. Had I not already been invested in the characters I doubt I could have awarded 3 stars, it really is hanging on the coattails of it's predecessors.
September 30, 2019
I love this trilogy and am sad that it has come to an end. This is such a positive, hopeful book. Even with all of humanities full primitive side on display it shows that we are more than what we give ourselves credit for. We as a society are ready to move forward both in earth friendly technology and in consciousness raising. Although the book demonstrates that these two things are intertwined just like the quantum entanglement science discussed. I love how you bring the science alive! and explain it in a way that people without a science background can understand. I also love your description of what school is like now versus what it must evolve to in the new world without petrochemicals. All in all, anyone interested in the best of all versions of an apocalypse must read this trilogy!
May 21, 2020
Edit:
After reading Stephen King's - The Stand, I would say that fans of that book, would love this book and this well-written series. So I would recommend this series to Stephen King fans.
Out-there, implausible but very imaginative and positive.
This is book 3 of the series and feels like it is written by another author. The biological technologies become much harder to understand and less plausible in my opinion. The narrative endeavours to mix sci-fi and religion, which really didn’t work for me. I was invested in the characters from the first 2 books and this is what kept me reading. I did like that there was much more positivity in this story than in many other apocalyptic novels.
I would recommend this book to readers who read book 1 & 2 as it does have a satisfying ending.
After reading Stephen King's - The Stand, I would say that fans of that book, would love this book and this well-written series. So I would recommend this series to Stephen King fans.
Out-there, implausible but very imaginative and positive.
This is book 3 of the series and feels like it is written by another author. The biological technologies become much harder to understand and less plausible in my opinion. The narrative endeavours to mix sci-fi and religion, which really didn’t work for me. I was invested in the characters from the first 2 books and this is what kept me reading. I did like that there was much more positivity in this story than in many other apocalyptic novels.
I would recommend this book to readers who read book 1 & 2 as it does have a satisfying ending.
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