Primitives
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4.0 • 25 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
From New York Times bestselling author Erich Krauss comes Primitives, the story of two unlikely heroes thrust into a post-apocalyptic mission to restore humanity.
Named as "One of the 19 best science fiction books of 2022..."
-Business Insider
"Primitives easily earns a score of 4 out of 4 for its thrilling adventure and masterful storytelling. It would most appeal to fans of science fiction looking for a gritty, fascinating, post-apocalyptic world and a daring adventure. As for me, it has been a very long time since a book has grabbed me the way this one did, and I can see myself reading it again and again. Primitives has earned itself a permanent place on my bookshelf.”
- OnlineBookClub
"This plotline.....unfolds with enough twists and turns to keep readers invested, and the satisfying ending will have readers curious about what Krauss does next."
-Publisher's Weekly
Thirty years after The Great Fatigue infected the globe—and the treatment regressed most of the human race to a primitive state—Seth Keller makes a gruesome discovery in his adoptive father’s makeshift lab. This revelation forces him to leave the safety of his desert home and the only other person left in the world…at least, as far as he knows.
Three thousand miles away in the jungles of Costa Rica, Sarah Peoples has made her own discovery—just as horrific, and just as life-changing. It will take her far from the fledgling colony of New Haven, yet never out of reach of its ruthless authoritarian leader.
On separate journeys a world apart, Seth and Sarah find themselves swept up in a deadly race to save humankind. Their fates will come crashing together in an epic struggle between good and evil, where the differences aren’t always clear. Among the grim realities of civilization’s demise, they discover that the remaining survivors may pose an even greater threat than the abominations they were taught to fear.
Fighting for their lives, they’re confronted with a haunting question.
Does humanity deserve to survive?
Primitives, the first book of this saga, is a tale of bravery and self-discovery found in the ruins of a dying world, where the darkest sides of human nature are revealed.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Krauss (Brawl) draws on current events for his complex postapocalyptic latest. In the near future, all of humanity is afflicted with the Great Fatigue, a bacterial disease causing fatal lethargy. A cure, Advitalon, is developed and made mandatory by governments fearful that their entire populations will otherwise waste away and die. But the medicine has an alarming side effect, transforming millions into violent, "primitive" versions of themselves, lacking basic cognitive skills. The particulars of this setup in light of the pandemic and the anti-vax movement may keep many readers at bay, but Krauss is more interested in using it as a springboard for postapocalyptic action than delving into politics. Thirty years on, Seth Keller, the rare human born immune to the illness, who's been living in Utah and studying the altered humans with his professor father, makes a surprising discovery that sets him on a dangerous quest to reverse humanity's decline. This plotline, which alternates with that of a woman, Sarah, living in a haven in Costa Rica, unfolds with enough twists and turns to keep readers invested, and the satisfying ending will have readers curious about what Krauss does next. Fans of Blake Crouch's Pines trilogy should check this out.
Customer Reviews
Intriguing…
Primitives was an intriguing apocalyptic/dystopian story that is quite vivid and disturbing at times but an easy read.