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A Tidy Armageddon

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"Samuel Beckett meets Stephen King in an absurd and eerie coming-of-end tale that should serve as some sort of warning."— Peter Darbyshire, author of Has the World Ended Yet?

"This book is the furthest apocalypse from Mad Max that you can get. Instead, it's a transfixing and brilliant attack on consumerism and, in a way, humanity's inability to look before we leap..."— Post Apocalyptic Media

The world is transformed into what looks like a massive warehouse overnight, and the result is a suspenseful and action-rich tale as humanity is forced to face the scale of its consumption

A provocative eco-novel featuring an apocalypse like no other, A Tidy Armageddon describes the current world transformed. Civilization has been dismantled by an unknown hand and reassembled into a vast maze of blocks, each comprised of a single item, packed Tetris-style and stacked nine storeys tall: watering cans, electrical transformers, fake Christmas trees, helicopters, plastic spoons, and everything else human culture has ever produced.

In rich, descriptive prose shattered by moments of suspense and action, the novel chronicles the journey of a diverse group of soldiers led by Elsie Sharpcot, a Cree sergeant and Afghanistan vet, who must reconcile a desperate hunt for her daughter with the responsibility to safeguard the recruits under her command. Passing with fear and wonder through this mausoleum of human excess, provisioning themselves from its treasures while searching for those they love, this band of misfits amalgamates into their own dysfunctional family as they race to outrun the approaching winter.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 20, 2023
      Panhuyzen (The Sky Manifest) explores some fascinating ideas in this apocalyptic tale of Canadian soldiers trekking through a radically altered North American landscape, but gets bogged down in mundane details. Sgt. Elisabeth Sharpcot is mysteriously ordered to take her section of soldiers—eight men and women, including herself—into an underground bunker. When they emerge three weeks later, the world as they knew it is gone. In its place, all of humanity’s goods and detritus have been sorted by type into nine-story-tall blocks by some mysterious force. As the soldiers traverse the grid made up by this uncanny assemblage and search for other human survivors and answers, the characters’ gripping internal and external struggles are interrupted by lists of the subcategories of goods found in each block (“The collection included plain brown tubes, plus many branded Sonotube, Bomix, Formatube, Newform, Tubbox, Quik-Tube, Handiforms, and Caraustar EASY-POUR”), which quickly becomes tiresome, particularly as the journey grows increasingly bleak and questions remain unanswered. Readers will struggle to get through this one.

    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      Panhuyzen (The Sky Manifest) explores a world transformed. After emerging from an underground bunker, eight soldiers discover that their new world resembles a colossal warehouse with everything sorted into categories, from spoons to fake Christmas trees to toilets. The soldiers find themselves at the heart of this spectacle, only to discover that people have inexplicably vanished. As they search for survivors and seek answers, Panhuyzen's critique of human excess becomes ever more poignant. The narrative interweaves several themes, including consumerism, misogyny, and sexual harassment. Brianne Tucker's skillful performance paints vivid portraits of the characters, conveying their internal struggles and external challenges with equal believability. Listeners are drawn into the depths of their emotions and fears as they navigate this perplexing world. This dystopian eco-novel offers a fresh perspective on the genre, exploring profound themes within a riveting listening experience. Panhuyzen's prose and Tucker's exemplary narration combine for a thought-provoking journey that resonates long after the story's end. VERDICT In this unique twist on postapocalyptic science fiction, the suspense and action seamlessly entwine, capturing the audience's imagination with every turn. An excellent addition to any audio sci-fi collection.--Jigisha Patel

      Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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