Prelude to Mayhem (Mayhem Wave #1)
Book One of the Mayhem Wave
by Edward Aubry
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Pub Date Nov 28 2016 | Archive Date Dec 26 2016
Description
For Dorothy O’Neill, the end of the world means she will never finish ninth grade. On her own, she builds a home in the ruins of a strip mall, relying on her ingenuity and hard work to maintain some semblance of creature comforts. When another survivor arrives, he brings futuristic technology and stories of monsters he has encountered. Armed with this information, she takes a new interest in exploring her world, but she is not prepared for what awaits her, and the new arrival has brought his own set of problems.
On their separate journeys, Harrison and Dorothy begin to piece together what has happened to their world. Their questions have answers to be found in what remains of Chicago, and from the mysterious voice on the radio offering the hope that civilization can be rebuilt.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781620072165 |
| PRICE | $5.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Montzalee W, Reviewer
Prelude to Mayhem (Mayhem Wave #1) by Edward Aubry is a fun and exciting and yet crazy tale of things going really bad in 2004. Mayhem would be a great word for it. Near mass extinction of people, magic appeared, dinosaurs, pixies, animals in many odd sizes and colors, dog sized bugs, etc. It's a story of finding others, surviving, love, fantasy, magic, humor, and random craziness. It is a fun ride of a read and I enjoyed it greatly. Heartwarming and silly at the same time. Thanks NetGalley for letting me have a chance at this great book!
Lisa R, Reviewer
Not sure that this was pure post-apocalyptic as there was a bit of a blend of magic and sci-fi here, but I loved it. The only reason it didn't get a five was it seemed to have an awful lot of things happening all at once in the beginning and I almost put it down as it seemed more fantasy than post-apocalyptic. The ending was rather abrupt also and I felt like there could have been a bit more here. It seemed as though the author decided to stop and wham you hit a wall and it was done.
Now everything after the beginning and right up until it ended was awesome. The characters, Harrison, Dorothy, and especially the pixie were well fleshed out and I loved their humorous conversations.
This was one of the few alternating POV books that didn't annoy me. And I've got to say, I really enjoyed the world building here but would have liked a bit more of "why" this happened.
This is listed as a Prelude so I was assuming that Static Mayhem came after this (even though it was published in 2010) but after reading the reviews for Static they sound a lot like the story in Prelude so now I'm not sure if it's rewrite of an old story or what.
Actually found an answer to my question on the Meyhem books HERE (https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/9942572-transitions) if you would like a bit more info on the series.
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