Publisher : Independently published
Language : English
Paperback : 264 pages
ISBN-10 : 1973441179
ISBN-13 : 978-1973441175
Item Weight : 13.9 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.66 x 9 inches
Five years after working triage during America’s terrible Day of Destruction, Philadelphian Dr. Ethan King wants nothing more for himself and his wife than a normal life. In the aftermath, however, life is anything but normal. The mysterious nerve gas unleashed during the nationwide terrorist attack has left its disturbing mark among the millions of victims, namely brain abnormalities in unborn children. These children, dubbed Inexorables, live up to their name: they are ruthlessly violent, irrepressibly psychopathic—and incurable. They kill without thought or remorse and inflict torment on their victims with childish glee.
In his pursuit of a normal, peaceful life, Ethan tries as best he can to put these grim realities to the back of his mind. But one cold night, when he comes face to face with an abandoned Inexorable freezing to death in the snow, he must make a choice that could cost him everything, and unravel a thread of dark woven secrets. As he races to find a cure for whatever is creating a generation of doomed children, Ethan discovers that doing the right thing in an evil world is never as clear and easy as it seems.
I received a free copy of this book from the author for my honest review.
Review: Children of Wrath by T.A. Ward
This provocative novel combines bio-terrorism with a dark, dystopian future.
Dr. Ethan King is faced with terrorist attacks which affect major cities in the US with weapons that are both nuclear and chemical. A side effect of this is it results in brain damage causing extreme violence in children known as "Inexorables."
Dr. King and his wife, Liz, are unable to have children and take in one of these children.
The story has many twists and turns. It looks at a cure for this terrible affliction and speaks to the selfless acts we do for those we grow to love.
T.A. Ward was raised on a small farm in Nodaway, Iowa, where she and her three siblings would race their sleds in the snow and compete for the largest bass caught in their tiny pond. She spent her childhood devoted to sports and considered herself a tom-boy who wanted nothing more than to be in the action. In her writing she has a natural bent for subtly addressing moral questions, faithfully conveying the miseries of this life, and presenting costly solutions in a heart-wrenching manner.