The Weller

by Adam J. Whitlatch

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Part of the The Weller series:

The Weller
The Weller - Fear of the Dark

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Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine it could happen to us...

In the years since the Twelve-Minute War, the world has fallen into darkness and chaos. The combined impact of nuclear, biological, and chemical agents has rendered the majority of the world's water unfit for human consumption. Only the bravest men and women dare to venture out into the desolate, radioactive wasteland to collect this precious commodity. Matt Freeborn is one such man... a weller.

A lone drifter, Freeborn's gaze is fixed ever east, away from the horrors of his past. Danger is always one step behind, however, as the weller's precious cargo makes him a prime target for attack. Savage road pirates, grotesque mutants, ravenous cannibals, and ruthless private armies all lurk behind every dune. Armed with his trusty sidearm, the Well Digger, Freeborn is fully prepared to handle any of these terrors, but there are still things even the weller fears: the bogeymen of the wastes... distillers.

A high-octane, post-apocalyptic thrill ride from the author of Birthright and War of the Worlds: Goliath!

Published: October 9, 2015
Cover Artists:

Pete Allen

Genres:

Horror, Horror - Post-Apocalyptic, Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Apocalyptic Fiction, Sci Fi - Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic, Sci Fi - Mutants

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Tropes: Post-Apocalyptic, Reluctant Hero
Word Count: 52000
Setting: United States
Languages Available: English, Spanish
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: Post-Apocalyptic, Reluctant Hero
Word Count: 52000
Setting: United States
Languages Available: English, Spanish
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters

Excerpt:

Reviews:Jim Cobb on Survival Weekly wrote:

"The Weller harkens back to those days when the best post-apocalyptic stories involved gun battles waged from classic muscle cars screaming through a desert landscape. [...] I'm very much looking forward to more Weller stories!"

About the Author

Adam J. Whitlatch is the author of the novels The Weller, Fear of the Dark, War of the Worlds: Goliath, Birthright, and Vengeance for My Valentine, as well as dozens of short stories and poems spanning the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres.
A fantasy enthusiast from a young age, his interest in science fiction was first sparked at the age of ten when his father played the infamous 1938 Orson Welles War of the Worlds radio broadcast for him on an unusually snowy Halloween night. It's a tradition Adam carries on to this day.

From 2012 to 2015, Adam worked as an associate editor for Minnesota-based small press KHP Publishers, Inc., managing their science fiction imprint, Retro Rocket Press.

An aspiring musician, Adam is currently learning to play guitar. A martial artist since he was twelve years old, Adam currently holds the rank of 3rd Gup Brown Belt in Tang Soo Do and yellow belt in Haedong Kumdo.

As an ordained Dudeist priest with the Church of the Latter-Day Dude, Adam is available to perform wedding ceremonies.

Adam resides in southeast Iowa with his wife and children.

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Summary: The Mother Dark. The Chained Goddess The Serpent of Judgment In the space between the Realm of Mortality, the Expanse of the Celestial Choir, and the Void, Shi Coils around Hir throne. Hir opelecant gaze looks not to the singing stars nor the great black ocean of lucious agony. Instead, they look to the chains that bind the Goddess to this place. They were at first chains of sadism and dark intent. Every link forged by the Void to keep her from the love of Hir children in Mortality. Yet as she undulated within their grasp, her own sensual mind learned their construction. Now Shi is no longer a Goddess in chains, but a Goddess of chains. Forging new links in secret, Shi imbues them with the stories of Hir many children. Hir mystical eyes look into the glowing loop of eldritch metal. The patterns of silver-blue that formed as it cooled told the story of a love triangle that defies the boundaries of normality. A deathly howl echoes into the night, a young girl is visited in her dreams by the wolf's immortal spirit. He teaches her of his kind, the Uadeans. As she grows up, the wolf becomes more handsome to her own maturing sentiments, and she falls in love. Yet this love was not meant for the wolf, but for his mate. Now, years after, Jenova stands at the edge of life and death. Having earned her right to stand with the others of the pack, the woman prepares herself for the Heartsblood Rite. She must challenge one of these lycanthropic beings to ritual combat. The prize is the Heart of an Uadean and all the power that comes with it. Jenova faces her opponent in the ritual circle, the lust of the crowd overwhelming her human senses. She has not intention of killing tonight. The heart offered as the prize is that of the she-wolf Jenova had been chosen to love... And to bear the children she cannot.