The Flood, by David Sachs
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The Flood, by David Sachs
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The best-selling thriller from award-winning writer David Sachs. For those that escaped the Flood, the nightmare is just beginning. For three years, Travis Cooke has dreamed of reuniting his family, but not like this. When the Flood hit, America's East Coast was evacuated by every means possible. Hours later, a cruise ship assisting in the rescue lies dead in the water: no power, no communications, and nowhere near enough food. Thousands of refugees on board, including Travis, his-ex-wife, and their young son, find themselves alone in a big ocean. Now, the escapees from the Flood face a new challenge- survive until rescue comes - and a journey into human darkness and heroism begins. Desperate to protect his family as the panic rises, Travis finds behind each door an unexpected new side to the Festival, but no way out. How far will he go? Bonus short story in ebook: Locked in the Trunk of a Car, a sharp suspense thriller in a small package.
The Flood, by David Sachs- Amazon Sales Rank: #153361 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-05
- Released on: 2015-03-05
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review Recommended by Kirkus Reviews Finalist Foreword Reviews IndieFab Book of the Year"the author has done such a fabulous job of crafting this storyline that the reader cannot help but to stay engaged from cover to cover... ...The author has really crafted a multi-dimensional character in Travis. And it is through Travis that the author's voice really shines through.... ...I was hooked from beginning to end and found this to be surprisingly a bit of a nail biter. Really strong entr-y with an over-all appeal that will leave audiences wanting more... ...Great mix of narrative and prose keep the pacing at a page turning pace that will not disappoint the reader. Well done."-judge, Writer's Digest Self-Published eBooks Award "Sachs keeps the story moving full-steam-ahead, balancing his fleshed-out portraits of memorable characters with visceral action scenes... ...An engaging and ultimately devastating disaster novel."-Kirkus Reviews"The Flood is an epic thriller and a remarkable work of art--you'll read it fast, but think (and dream) about it for a long time." -Matthew Mather, bestselling author of CyberStorm
From the Author This story came to me in a dream, in one piece. Sleeping on the metal floor of the stern open deck of a ferry in the Greek Isles on my honeymoon, when I woke up I had the whole thing. It was a much darker story than I normally would have created myself, but it being gifted to me, I had to make the most of it.I approached it with the idea of my adventure-writer heroes, Jack London and Joseph Conrad, in mind, and perhaps in the first draft there was some of that. Then, as things do, it took on a life of its own and went somewhere different.
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42 of 48 people found the following review helpful. An Exceptional Tale of Darkness and Hope By ConsumerAdvocate (dakotad555) at (gmail) dot (com) With echoes of Cormac McCarthy’s THE ROAD and Golding’s LORD OF THE FLIES mixed with just a hint of a Michael Bay blockbuster thrown in to keep the story moving, THE FLOOD by Davis Sachs is a gripping disaster story that leaves a profound impact on the reader.THE FLOOD marries an intelligent literary sensibility with taut storytelling. It introduces a variety of unique characters, all well-drawn and interesting, and places them on a derelict cruise ship, cut off from whatever is left of society after a tsunami of biblical proportions wipes out the entire east coast of the United States. Parallels to the flood mythology shared by all ancient cultures are not lost on Sachs who wisely places a professor aboard the Festival of the Winds cruise ship, giving him an able lens through which to place his narrative in a wider philosophical and historical context. A welcome and necessary grounding in what might otherwise be nothing more than a story about carnage.Rather, this is a book about ideas dressed up as a thriller. Yes, the story grimly embraces the darkest parts of the human experience. Murder, mayhem, savagery and barbarism—all are present here, along with some visceral thrills and brilliant set pieces. However, these are all tableaus; Sachs deploys them with great skill, but the heart of this story is an exploration of the darkest parts of the human experience in a way that manages to transcend almost everything else in the genre, excepting the aforementioned McCarthy. Sachs paints with stark lines and a monochrome pallet of human suffering, but his strokes are deft and true. There’s a heart in this disaster story. Love as well. Not the sloppy Hollywood variety, but the real, meaningful, moving sort.I read once that authors don’t often write of the intensity of parental love because it scares them. Also because it scares their readers. THE ROAD and THE FLOOD are two novels that tread these dangerous waters and manage to keep their heads afloat. Parts of THE FLOOD are painful to read; doubly so if one happens to be a parent of a young child. However, the narrative thread that prevents THE FLOOD from becoming merely another grim tale of death and dying is that of the extreme, imperfect, and achingly beautiful love of a single man for a single boy. It’s gripping stuff, if you can handle it. THE FLOOD isn’t a book to be taken lightly. It is, however, eminently readable. The prose sings. The dialog has the natural move and flow of real conversion.Don’t come to THE FLOOD to have your regard for the human race restored. Do come with the expectation that you will be asked to look at yourself and society at large with a critical eye. To ask yourself just how far are you really from straying off the civilized path. How close are you to the great precipice, internal or external? In a society overwhelmed with zombie story clones that address these same questions with all the subtlety of a chainsaw, Sachs has managed to provide a deft, meaningful exploration worthy of a careful reading.A hearty 5 out of 5 stars.Disclaimer: I received a copy of THE FLOOD in exchange for this review. I received no other form of compensation.
28 of 31 people found the following review helpful. This Is A Tough One... By Amazon Customer I gave this book 5* because it so got to me. In one way, I couldn't put it down, there were times I was mad things didn't go the way I thought they would but I'm not the author and I was hooked. The ending was-unexpected. I don't like dad endings but this wouldn't really qualify as a sad ending, not in some ways. Would I recommend this book? Hmmm. Yes I will. Even though this book is written a little different the story did engage me, I felt involved often and couldn't quit until I read the ending. There was no unneeded offensive language, no descriptive sex and even the violence was not colorful-it was a side product off the story but didn't describe the wounds etc. Yes, I recommend this book. It will make you stop and think. :)RECOMMEND. :)
36 of 45 people found the following review helpful. Good for a nihilist By lvrorx It is actually a very "gripping" read. But it was also very ugly, and vicious, and depressing. I am just glad the author did not think to have refugees with pets. I am quite sure he would have written all kinds of ugly about that too.It was partly my fault for not reading the reviews. But I really did not like this book. I did not actually see a whole lot of redemption in this. I agree with other reviewers that it certainly makes one stop and think, what will the people around me do if there is a disaster? I did not see any beauty in the father/son relationship. I did not see redemption in the horror. And for the reviewer who kept asking about a sequel... you did not get the point of this book. There is no sequel. That was it. And it was horribly depressing. And worst of all, there were several fatal technical flaws in it that just drove me nuts. If you have not read it and don't want spoilers, stop reading now.First, if they ran at 25 knots for 4 hours, they would only be 120 miles out from NYC. And that is assuming a full 25 knots the whole time, if that were even possible. The impression I got was they headed SE to get off the shelf, that makes sense. BUT. Once the ship was disabled, they would still be pretty close to South Carolina or so, and they would be in the Gulf Stream, so the drift would be back north and somewhat inland. Why did no one send one of the POWER lifeboats to the continent? I am sure they could have found containers for extra fuel, and why the hell did no one trigger the EPIRBS that EVERY lifeboat is equipped with? And suppose there were no containers for extra fuel, and the baddies took all the EPIRBS, why did no one think to convince Lee that he could keep the gun, but someone else needed to keep the bullets? That way no one person had all the power. There were so many places in this story that made no sense. It was clear that the author went to extremes with the "worst case scenario", just because.Again, I agree with the taking stock of where we are going with our society. Every negative person out there influences the people around them in a negative way. And we are becoming more separated and insular. And we are becoming less empathetic. More narcissistic. But this book did not "make me think". I see the flaws already. I do what I can to reintroduce beauty and kindness. My hope is instead of sending people into despair, this book would motivate them into better acts. Though I doubt it would. So this book is not a warning of the problem in my view, it is a PART of the problem.
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