Dawn of Darkness: Fortress Farm Part 1 (Volume 1), by G.R. Carter
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Dawn of Darkness: Fortress Farm Part 1 (Volume 1), by G.R. Carter
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Dawn of Darkness combines the original two books of the Fortress Farm Series - The Pullback and Shield of the Okaw. Technology meant to create utopia forsakes billions of people, setting society’s clock back over a hundred years. Complex supply chains quickly break down, leaving people to answer the most basic question – how do I care for myself and my loved ones? New cults and strongmen emerge from the chaos establishing power by controlling the food supply; while outlaws simply seek to pillage. Just as humans have done for millennia, heroes and villains arise from the ashes of a great empire, struggling to determine the fate of people looking to them for guidance. Ramifications of simple decisions and desperate conflicts will resonate for generations. Against storms of nature and man, Fortress Farms arise from the prairie to shield good people from evil and despair. Technology of our forefathers becomes new again, giving hope that bountiful food and shelter will return once more. Heroes roam the countryside like fables of old, determined to provide a better life for their children's children. Find out how one community rebuilds and provides a shining example for other survivors. Follow the rise of a new republic, inspired by a simpler life and led by common people creating a new world where freedom and safety take root. Against storms of nature and man, Fortress Farms arise from the prairie to shield good people from evil. Heroes once again roam the countryside, determined to provide a better life for their children’s children. Can a determined group of small town farmers use their mechanical ingenuity to build a new country and spread the message of self-reliance and self-defense in time to keep hope alive? Join us on the first step in the journey of families facing the new Dark Ages. While battling starvation and bandits, would be dictators and nature, ordinary people are put in extraordinary situations.
Dawn of Darkness: Fortress Farm Part 1 (Volume 1), by G.R. Carter- Amazon Sales Rank: #2890174 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .76" w x 6.00" l, 1.29 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 336 pages
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Good read. By jo Heads above most of the post apoc stuff coming out here on Amazon. Good story, believable characters, realistic scenarios for the most part. I have only a few important criticisms. One; the female characters are not fleshed out, and only two have important roles in the community. Two; many passages are repeated frequently, as if the book was meant to be in instalments, with a synopsis at the beginning of each instalment- those repetitions are boring and unnecessary. Three; there is a need for editing out errors that look like they may have been created by an automatic word suggestion, that inserts extra words, which makes for some confusing sentences. Not enough to break continuity, but enough to be annoying. I would have scored three and a half stars if I could (I tend to score tougher than many on here do), but definitely a book worth reading if you like this genre. I really appreciated that it did not go into endless rants about how the world is not prepared, and why society would break down (most people reading these stories have heard it all a thousand times) - it just got on with the story. I am looking forward to the next in the series.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. A Good Story Not Well Executed By mbogren I struggled between 2 and 3 stars. I settled on 2 although I will say this is a good End of the World story. A master AI has taken charge of virtually every computer in the world and is duped into shutting itself - and every other computer in the world - down. Goodbye power grid. Goodbye virtually every modern convenience. A group of farmers (and a few others) in northwestern Illinois band together to stave off starvation, bad guys and the remnants of the U.S. military. As I said, a really good story. However, a story is only as good as it is told. Here, the negatives overwhelmed the positives. First, the editing was horrendous. Grammatical errors were everywhere and some were inexcusable. "We had to convince themselves . . " Ouch. Missing words, repeated words, poor sentence structure. I think many of these books are dictated using voice recognition software and are just never cleaned up. No one would actually write this out - by hand or on a computer - and not catch some of the glaring errors. There was also a lot of repetition and plot review that was completely unnecessary. It felt like this was written for people with anterograde amnesia who can't form new memories and have to be reminded of the same thing after a few pages - or sometimes a few paragraphs.The author's own political biases are an integral part of the story. That is hugely annoying. If I wanted to read a catechism on libertarianism, I'd go to a blog. Don't really want to pay to be preached at. I also found the references to elections being "unnecessary distractions" and the suggestion that a caste system is the natural order of things to be rather offensive. The military is characterized as irredeemable fascists. The politicians are evil and are written as silly caricatures and are completely unbelievable. The good guys are exactly that - good. In every way. In fact, they are perfect. And boooooring. The only character who was even mildly interesting was the computer billionaire who caused the destruction of society as we know it. He also founded Scientology - but it isn't called that - which is ridiculed and also made evil.There are a cadre of brilliant engineers - known as the wizards - who just happen to live in BFE Illinois and are ready to develop marvelous machines for the newly emerged nation - or kingdom, or whatever it turns out to be. That was actually the best part of the story, but again some major flaws. The wizards build 20mm cannon based on some diagrams they find in the old library. I'm willing to buy that. But where do the shells come from that these cannon use? Building explosive shells that will fire through an automatic cannon is not something that can be done by hand, and there is no production line to manufacture them. I don't mind suspending disbelief, but give me something I can pretend could happen. Also, the research (or lack of it) was bothersome. The 20mm shells are described as the size of grapefruit. Huh? 20mm is just over one half inch. The diameter of these shells would be about the same as a nickel. That's a big exploding bullet, but nowhere near the size of a grapefruit.I give the author credit for putting this out there. I also think there is something to build on. I'll buy the next one to see if it gets better. I hope it does. More editing, less politics and some ambiguity in the characters would go a long way to improving the telling of a good story.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. If you liked Stirling's Emberverse, this one could be for you too! By curious cat A wonderful and very difficult take on future American history, done from a more science fiction standpoint. We are at some point in the near future when the computers fail us. The New America is the BAD GUY territory of Eastern Illinois, run by a psychotic dictator. On the other hand, shades of S.M.Stirling's Emberverse saga, the GOOD GUYS have selected a elected Monarchy, located south and west of Decatur, and its odiferous Midland(nee Staley) soybean factory. The Okaw County officials have chosen Phil Hamilton as the Founding Farmer, and his teenaged sons, AJ and Sam are set to drive the story forward. Fascinating concepts, to build around the grain silos, creating the equivalent of the motte and bailey castle. Converting old crop dusters into Stuka dive bombers, and bulldozers into armored tanks.This appears to have possibly been done previously in episodes, as the beginning of several of the chapters, recapitulates the previous chapter's story lines.But that minor glitch aside, Carter is a great storyteller, in the epic mode.I do have a couple of questions..what about Decatur Signal Depot, and the Amish Community near Sullivan? Yes, I am an army brat who lived in Bethany Illinois(Okaw High School) as well as in the COs huge three story house at the Signal Depot before it was deactivated and made into a Firestone operation, and we had all our tomatoes canned for a penny each by the Amish near Sullivan.I think it would be fascinating to include the Amish in this story. I don't recall ever reading a science fiction story that included the Amish, so this would be a first.Please keep on writing. You are excellent at it.So how did the Amish make out?
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