Rather than kick things off with a personal anecdote about the book I’m going to start with…DISCLAIMERS (read that in a dramatic, deep, announcer voice).
Disclaimer 1: Some have noticed that the book is dedicated to Christopher Columbus, which immediately gets people riled up. BUT, don’t jump to conclusions. Did his life inspire this book? Sure did. Was his life inspirational? If you’re a fan of genocide, approve of torture, support slavery, endorse extreme violence, and human mutilation, sure. If you oppose those things, not so much.
Disclaimer 2: I am not my characters. There are some strong opinions in this book, which I may or may not share, or share less vehemently. An interesting part of being an author is that readers generally assume that my opinions/beliefs align with those of my most outspoken characters. But that’s not the case. AND, many of my main characters and outspoken characters would completely disagree with each other. When I write, the characters take on a life of their own, and sometimes that means they can be pretty convincing when I’m not trying to be. If you feel angry about their opinions, get angry at them, not me!!
Disclaimers over! As for the story, it is…bonkers. Some familiar tropes–lost at sea, alien invasion–but I did my best to flip the preconceptions of how these things play out on their heads. The result is one of my most unique post-apocalypse/alien invasion stories, and maybe, just maybe, entirely unique in the whole wide world of fiction. I think. Maybe. We’ll see. 🙂 Now let’s get to it!
AUDIOBOOK:
The master is back!! R.C. Bray returns, making my book sound better than it is once again. That said, as is common with the King of Audio’s tight schedule, the audio edition has been delayed by one week. I’m told it will be out on August 31. So just one more week to go! Not long to wait for some Bray greatness.
THE STORY:
When Clayton survives a plane crash, he figures the worst is over—but he’s wrong—in this sci-fi genre mashup from the author of the Infinite Timeline series.
Stranded on a thirty-acre island with a handful of art students, a grieving widow, and a growing pile of corpses, Prof. Clayton Reed is forced into a role he never wanted: leader. Food is scarce. Water is scarcer. And trust? Practically extinct. When one of the survivors kills in self-defense, the fragile alliance fractures and a subset of the group flees in a dinghy to take its chances in shark-infested waters, leaving Clayton and six others behind.
But soon the night sky turns blue. Strange lights pulse across the horizon, and strings of star-like objects pass by overhead. Something big is happening to the rest of the world, and the professor and his companions are sure it isn’t normal.
Rescued by a drifting luxury yacht loaded with food, weapons, and a fortune in cocaine, the survivors trade one nightmare for another. Earth is under attack, massive beams of light shooting down from space to the surface. As they sail toward home, not knowing whether it still exists, one thing becomes clear: Those looking at Earth with hungry eyes have noticed them . . .
New York Times bestselling author Jeremy Robinson delivers a razor-sharp, character-driven survival thriller meets postapocalyptic alien invasion story that flips the genre upside down, inside out, and back again.
Disclaimer 1 is ridiculous, you don’t have to entertain the woke mob.
It is always easy to be all high and mighty centuries later. Those were the times back then and he achieved a lot.
All those complainers would have done the exact same back then.
Lol! Do you do parties, as well?
I tried to enjoy the book but you kept adding more politically correct dialog into your story then was necessary. And it’s obvious that you have a problem with white Europeans or just White people in general.You do realize throughout human history Tribes and nations have colonized and conquered other tribes and nations. Why is it that only the European colonization of the Americas is a problem for you? Not sure why that is but you come across as racist towards White folks. I’m no fan of Christopher Columbus but compared to other Villains and mass murderers In the last few hundred years he doesn’t even rank in the top 20. I tried to enjoy Settle Down but your biased political views didn’t make it easy. If I remember correctly you even made a biased view about policing in the U.S.. I’m a retired police officer/detective from a large urban department and i worked the inner city.I can tell you without a doubt it’s not cops that are a danger to the black community as our media and BLM would have you believe. It’s other blacks killing other blacks. Black lives don’t matter one bit in the hood.