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This title in other formats:The Suicide Collectorsby David Oppegaard
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The Despair has plagued the earth for five years. Most of the world's population has inexplicably died by its own hand, and the few survivors struggle to remain alive. A mysterious, shadowy group called the Collectors has emerged, inevitably appearing to remove the bodies of the dead. But in the crumbling state of Florida, a man named Norman takes an unprecedented stand against the Collectors, propelling him on a journey across North America. It's rumored a scientist in Seattle is working on a cure for the Despair, but in a world ruled by death, it won't be easy to get there. Review:"Eloquent prose and haunting characters lift Oppegaard's astonishing debut, an SF thriller with some eerie similarities to M. Night Shyamalan's film about mass suicide, The Happening. In the near future, 90% of the world's population have killed themselves due to a plague called 'the Despair.' The only people energized by the nightmare are the Collectors, who after each suicide appear like carrion birds to collect the corpse. Only one man resists the Collectors. When the wife of a 34-year-old Floridian named Norman takes a fatal overdose of sleeping pills, Norman loads his shotgun and waits patiently before blowing the head off a Collector who arrives to claim the body. Norman and his neighbor, Franklin 'Pops' Conway, head for Seattle after learning a doctor there may have found a cure for the Despair. In Kansas, they're joined by Zero, an 11-year-old girl whose bravery encourages Norman in his quest. While the story may be too bleak for many readers, the ending holds out some hope." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:"An existential exploration becomes...a dark-themed adventure novel....[A] promising debut from a young author." Booklist Review:"Oppegaard's big bad is an abstraction, but it engenders very concrete terrors. I was reminded of Junji Ito's Uzumaki, which in my book is as good as it gets." Mike Carey, author of The evil You Know, and bestselling and award-winning author of Vertigo Comics's Lucifer and Hellblazer Review:"David Oppegaard's The Suicide Collectors is a wonderfully creepy debut novel filled with unnerving twists and turns! Unsettling, bleak and dangerous." Jonathan Maberry, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Patient Zero Review:"Just when it seems that there are no new plots left to write about, David Oppegaard has come up with a doozy. His The Suicide Collectors takes us to a startling theme we haven't encountered before, with every page a thrilling new surprise." Stan Lee, writer, editor, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics About the AuthorDavid Oppegaard was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He holds a B.A. in English Literature from St. Olaf College and an M.F.A. in Writing from Hamline University. This is his first novel. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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