A Reconciliation With Death: 1 (Cat Scratch Fever Anthology) - Softcover

George, Cody

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0578727919 ISBN 13: 9780578727912

Publisher: Cody Ray George, 2020

Synopsis

An anthology series wherein survivors of a viral infection seek help from therapists who are just as traumatized as they are. Conspiracies run deep within a recovering United States, where a small percentage of its population once suffered from a viral outbreak brought on by infected cats.

Many believe the animals were dropped into low-income neighborhoods as a means of population control; others subscribe to forget about the event altogether.

Seven years later, the imprinted trauma is still fresh as an orphaned boy, a disenfranchised postal worker, an ex-member of a dystopian cult, and a withered old woman seek therapy from professionals who have suffered from their own chaotic experiences during the epidemic.

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"This is a brilliant angle to take in apocalyptic fiction (especially this year) to give a story a refreshing feel... This book was a great look at the intimate lives of apocalyptic survivors." - Writing Werewolf

"Rather than being an action-packed disaster tale, A Reconciliation with Death is a slower, more meditative web of stories – one which asks pertinent questions about the ways in which we deal with trauma, with change, and with global and personal apocalypses. It does this by following a number of characters through the epidemic and its aftermath. We meet Joey, an orphaned boy, and the therapist who works with him. We encounter bizarre communes and conspiracy theorists, panicking people and grieving people, all of whom are trying to retain or return to something like normality as the world falls apart around them.

These characters are extraordinarily well-realised." - Neon Books

Edition details

• Publisher: Cody Ray George
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0578727919
• ISBN 13: 9780578727912
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 218