The Bloody Deluge

The Afterblight Chronicles #15

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

A year ago, civilisation died, drowning and choking on its own blood in the brutal scourge of the Cull.
Eking out a living on the newly primitive land, British-born biochemist Katy Lewkowitz finds a new life as a doctor among the small communities springing up in Eastern Germany... until a terrible new cult, calling itself the 'New Teutonic Order,' begins purging all 'undesirables.'
Katy and her friend and old tutor Dr. Emil Weber, fleeing the depredations of the fanatical Order, escape into Poland, eventually taking refuge among the strangely anachronistic survivors at the monastery of Jasna Góra.
A battle of faith ensues, that could decide the future of humankind...

Genres: Novella

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First published July 1, 2014

About the author

ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY was born in Lincolnshire and studied zoology and psychology at Reading, before practising law in Leeds. He is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor and is trained in stage-fighting. His literary influences include Gene Wolfe, Mervyn Peake, China Miéville, Mary Gently, Steven Erikson, Naomi Novak, Scott Lynch and Alan Campbell.

Reviews

[Venneh · Rating 4 out of 5]

A jolly romp through post apocalyptic continential Europe where some good old fashioned facists and fanatics are trying to bring back the Crusades and holy wars and the scientists trying to actually look into what's going on with the horrid plague that is the frame for the larger world that the authors play around in. Features an extended siege and people being willing to martyr themselves and old abbey finding new use in the ruins. Fun novella.

[Stefan Krt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Simply …..a trope, civilisation collapses, survivors survive, gangs of evil arise, survivors threatened throw in some religious trope boom post apocalyptic yawn