The Last Humans

by Steven M. Moore

Overview

The apocalypse kills billions—numbers so large that most survivors' minds snap shut. Foes of the US have attacked with a bioengineered contagion that spreads around the world. One of only a few survivors, Penny Castro, ex-USN diver and LA County Sheriff's Deputy, reacts differently. She fights back and creates a life for herself where death is the common denominator. On a forensic dive, she is interrupted. When she surfaces, she finds all her colleagues dead, so she has to battle starvation, thirst, and gangs of feral humans until she ends up in a USAF refugee camp. A post-apocalyptic thriller for our times, Penny's adventures will entertain and shock you into asking, "Could this really happen?"Long Book DescriptionThe apocalypse kills billions—numbers so large that most survivors' minds snap shut. Foes of the US have attacked with a bioengineered contagion that spreads around the world. One of only a few survivors, Penny Castro, ex-USN diver and LA County Sheriff's Deputy, reacts differently. She fights back and creates a life for herself where death is the common denominator. On a forensic dive, she is interrupted. When she surfaces, she finds all her colleagues dead, so she has to battle starvation, thi...

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161301289
Publisher:	Black Opal Books
Publication date:	03/30/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	367 KB

About the Author

Steven M. Moore’s interest in printed media (pre-kinder learning to read and write by filling in balloons in his own comic books, and first novel written the summer he turned thirteen) and early reading of mature sci-fi novels, mysteries, and adventures (today the latter would be called thrillers) led him at an early age to declare, “I can write entertaining and intriguing stories too.” Like many, though, he had to postpone his aspirations to support himself and later his family, so he opted for training in scientific fields—math and science seemed easy at the time, and the immediate post-Sputnik era provided the necessary financial aid as his training took him from UC Santa Barbara to UMass Amherst.

After years of academic teaching and research in the US and South America, he had collected so many what-ifs, plot ideas, character sketches, themes, dialogue snippets, and potential settings that his muses (really banshees with Tasers), knowing he’d never suffer from writer’s block, told him to get busy and start publishing. After fifteen years of doing so, and the publication of many novels, he’s still going strong.

His travels around Europe, South America, and the US, for work or pleasure, taught him a lot about the human condition and our wonderful human diversity, a learning process that started during his childhood in California’s San Joaquin Valley. What he learned affects his storytelling, but he also learned to respect and appreciate Kurt Vonnegut’s opinion that writing fiction is an entertainment business (unlike Vonnegut, Moore doesn’t mind semicolons when used properly), reaffirming his desire to entertain with his fiction. The corollary to that is N. Scott Momaday’s confession: “I simply kept my goal in mind and persisted. Perseverance is a large part of writing.” Moore used his old UCSB English professor’s words as a mantra in his own life.

Editorial Reviews

If Dr. Asimov had written a post-apocalyptic novel, it might read something like The Last Humans by Steven M. Moore. It is packed with action scenes, and at the same time is thoughtful and introspective. Readers will find themselves caring deeply about Penny Castro and the members of the family that she creates from the wreckage of society after a biological attack devastates the world.—Scott Dyson, author of The Inn

https://www.blackopalbooks.com - Scott Dyson

Shocking and intense, this chilling tale will keep you glued to your seat, turning pages as fast as you can. You won't be able to put it down.

https://www.blackopalbooks.com - Taylor Jones

The Last Humans is a chilling account of the best and worst of humankind in a world where law and order is a distant memory. Combining marvelous characters with nail-biting suspense, Moore has created a poignant and intense tale that you won't soon forget.

https://www.blackopalbooks.com - Regan Murphy