Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh

Soft Apocalypse

Will McIntosh

Night Shade Books · Print & ebook · April 1, 2011

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Who it’s for
A quiet apocalypse makes scarcity and social collapse feel unsettlingly close to home.
Themes
Resource scarcity and social collapse, Displacement and survival, New tribal social structures
Genres
Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Sci-Fi Adventure

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What happens when resources become scarce and society starts to crumble? As the competition for resources pulls America's previously stable society apart, the "New Normal" is a Soft Apocalypse. This is how our world ends; with a whimper instead of a bang. "It's so hard to believe," Colin said as we crossed the steaming, empty parking lot toward the bowling alley. "What?" "That we're poor. That we're homeless." "I know." "I mean, we have college degrees," he said.

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"I know," I said. There was an ancient miniature golf course choked in weeds alongside the bowling alley. The astroturf had completely rotted away in places. The windmill had one spoke. We looked it over for a minute (both of us had once been avid mini golfers), then continued toward the door. "By the way," I added. "We're not homeless, we're nomads. Keep your labels straight." New social structures and tribal connections spring up across America, as the previous social structures begin to dissolve. Soft Apocalypse follows the journey across the South East of a tribe of formerly middle class Americans as they struggle to find a place for themselves and their children in a new, dangerous world that still carries the ghostly echoes of their previous lives.

A World Unraveling

A quiet apocalypse makes scarcity and social collapse feel unsettlingly close to home.

Come here for

  • A post-apocalyptic world without the big, clean bang
  • The uneasy shift from middle-class life to nomadic survival

Expect

  • A sustained journey through a dangerous, changing America
  • Wry echoes of ordinary life amid social breakdown

Where it sits

Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic100%
Dystopian86%
Sci-Fi Adventure46%

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Publisher categories

  • Sci-Fi
  • Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
  • Dystopian
Authors
Will McIntosh
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Published
April 1, 2011
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Resource scarcity and social collapse · Displacement and survival · New tribal social structures
Reading lane
Sci-Fi