The Nothing Within

Name: The Nothing Within
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Andy Giesler
ISBN: 9781705213582

Author: Andy Giesler

Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith

Unabridged: 13 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/24/2020

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

In this "magical, terrifying, and whimsical debut" (Publishers Weekly starred review), a biological disaster reverberates in Ohio Amish country long after the near-extinction of humankind. A young woman must try to save what remains of the human race. A "mesmerizing end-of-the-world adventure" (Kirkus Reviews) that is "nothing short of a storytelling masterwork"(BlueInk Review in Booklist).

Root is . . . different. Though raised in a fearful society that reveres conformity, she's irreverent, outspoken, and deeply curious. Her congenital blindness sets her even further apart.

Centuries after the Reckoning, a biotech disaster, savage chimeras still threaten human survival. When Root hears a voice that no one else can hear, she flees into the wilderness. Outcast and hunted, she must confront a dire threat to her people—and unravel the mystery of who she really is.

About Andy Giesler

In fourth grade, Andy Giesler fell in love with writing. His debut novel, "Attack of the Dinosaurs," was seventeen pages long: the heart-pounding tale of Alaskan scientists using nuclear bombs to prospect for gasoline and-as happens all too often-inadvertently waking frozen dinosaurs. He promised himself that, one day, he'd write an even longer book. Many years later while reading bedtime stories to his kids, he fell in love with writing all over again. He decided it was time. Andy has been a library page, dairy science programmer, teacher, technical writer, and healthcare software developer. He's a husband, father, and nonprofit web consultant living in Madison, Wisconsin.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lukasz on September 21, 2019

I’m not partial to post-apocalyptic stories but Giesler’s fresh and unusual take on the subject won me over. The Nothing Within is the first rural dystopia I’ve ever read. An apocalyptic event known as The Reckoning has wiped out civilization in North America leaving only few rural communities cut of......more

Goodreads review by keikii Eats Books on May 26, 2020

To read more reviews in this series and others, check out keikii eats books! Warning: weird almost non-consensual, almost consensual sex? The Nothing Within is not my usual type of story. I just plain don't typically go for dystopia. It just isn't a genre I typically enjoy too much. However, when I do......more

Goodreads review by Debjani on April 15, 2020

My Blog Once in a while, you come across a book that tiptoes into your heart and resides there forever. Andy Giesler’s The Nothing Within is one such book. It’s a rural-dystopian, science-fiction novel that explores a post-apocalyptic Amish society. This may seem like an onslaught of elephantine co......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on June 03, 2019

Review to come - First thoughts: Loved the way it wrapped up and the whole mystery came together. Very skillfully woven and given to the reader bit by bit. Still amazed by the amount of writing brilliance it had to have to answer every question I had, but not in an obvious way. But the language trip......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on May 22, 2019

I was a beta reader for "The Nothing Within", and I must confess that when I volunteered to read it, I was intrigued by the concept (Amish post-apocalyptic) but a bit apprehensive about the possibility of not liking it. But my curiosity won out over my apprehension, and I volunteered. I don't regret......more