School, family, changes.
New places, familiar faces –
Who are we without our memories?
He remembers, after the virus slammed all memories out of everyone else in Black Falls.
Now a paramilitary force has taken control of the quarantined town… not good at all.
Start at the beginning, with this free sample of the first chapters here, courtesy of the author, whose post-apocalyptic The Eleventh Plague I recommended here (no spoilers. ever).
Which memory would you never ever want to lose?
**kmm
Book info: Black River Falls / Jeff Hirsch. [author site] [publisher site] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.
My book talk: The only person to keep his memories, Cardinal discovers startling secrets as private police roll into his quarantined town six months after the virus sweeps through Black Falls.
High above the New York town, Cardinal and former bully Greer are sheltering kids whose parents forgot them (and everything else) in the woods, venturing down only when supply drops are scheduled.
So eerie and sad to visit his own house and know he’s the only one who remembers living there as a family – at least his brother was away at college when the virus hit… 10 hours after exposure, and all your memories are gone.
When Cardinal spots a new girl in town after its borders have been sealed for months, the teen knows something is wrong.
When private forces take over from the National Guard, he knows that things are going to get worse.
What caused this weird virus that only affects memory?
How can he bear seeing his mom fall in love with someone?
Why is remembering his comic book creator dad so hard?
Scary, possible, unsettling – there is no reset button on the the human brain…
Evil ogres attacking Tokyo.
