Anthem's
Fall
By
S.L.
Dunn
BLURB:
Above
a horrified New York City, genetics and ethics collide as the fallen
emperor and a banished exile of the same herculean race ignite into
battle over the city’s rooftops. In the streets below, a brilliant
young scientist has discovered a technology that can defeat them
both, yet might be more terrible than either.
Set
both in modern New York City and in the technologically sophisticated
yet politically savage world of Anthem, Anthem’s Fall unfurls into
a plot where larger than life characters born with the prowess of
gods are pitted against the shrewd brilliance of a familiar and
unlikely heroine.
Excerpt
The
sharp knife of apocalypse struck without warning, burying itself into
the unsuspecting skies of a sun-swept afternoon.
In
the northernmost continent of Anthem, the remote city of Municera
abruptly reported massive and inexplicable reports of rioting and
hysteria. The limited transmissions that came out of the city were
fragmented and unclear. Imperial Army regiments were at once
dispatched to restore order to the city of Municera, yet all troops
lost radio contact within minutes of their arrival. Powerful
reverberations shook through the surrounding lands, reaching miles in
every direction. It felt as though the gods themselves were hammering
the very world with furious impacts. From a distance, billowing black
pillars of smoke could be seen reaching high into the sky above the
smoldering city. When the smoke and cloud of ash dispersed in the
northern winds, the glimmering skyscrapers that had long been an icon
of the elegant Municera had vanished from the skyline. Their steel
and glass splendor was replaced with a blanket of alarming ruin. By
midafternoon, the once prominent city was nothing more than wreckage
against the horizon.
Most
disturbing were the spreading rumors that a number of Imperial First
Class soldiers had flown into the chaos of Municera and had yet to
return.
The
migration out of the region—an anticipated exodus for which the
Imperial Council had quickly prepared—never arrived, and as a
disquieting sun set on the remaining cities of the Epsilon empire,
the truth became increasingly clear. There were no survivors.
AUTHOR
INFORMATION:
S.L.
Dunn is the debut author of Anthem’s Fall, a novel he wrote amid
the wanderings of his mid twenties. He has written while living
intermittently in St. John USVI, Boston, Maine and Seattle. Raised on
big screen superheroes and pop science fiction, he sought to create a
novel that bridged a near-sci-fi thriller with a grand new fantasy.
He currently resides in Seattle with his girlfriend Liz and their dog
Lucy, and is hard at work completing the next book of the Anthem’s
Fall series. Get in touch at www.sldunn.com.
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