Idyll — James Derry

Hold on tight for a New-Adult Sci-Fi Adventure that's a cross between 'Firefly' and Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road!'Idyll is a rugged planet-a new, simpler start for some 10,000 settlers who have fled Mother Earth. But a strange 'plague' of contagious sleep has devastated their Settlement, sparked by a mysterious mantra called the Lullaby. After a three-year quarantine, Walt and Samuel Starboard set out from their ranch on a mission to cure their comatose mother and find their missing father. For days they ride through a blighted landscape: deserted cabins and gravestones and the ruins of towns destroyed by fire. Just when the brothers are about to give up, they stumble upon a second pair of survivors, two beautiful and determined sisters. Miriam and Virginia Bridge offer new hope, but they also present new problems. Stirrings of emotion and shifting priorities threaten to set the brothers against each other. Can Walt and Samuel overcome years of festering resentment, or will their rivalry tear them apart before they can reunite their broken family? And will any of them survive the revelation of who-or what-unleashed the Lullaby on their home world?Editorial Reviews: ".boy oh boy I never saw the big plot twist coming! I still can't get over it, to be honest."- powderandpage. wordpress.com "I am so thoroughly impressed by how much I enjoyed this book." -hopelessbookaddict. wordpress.com