Darkrange

About the Book

The time: perhaps eight hundred years after a cataclysmic interruption of the earth's rotation; a cosmic stumble that came near to wiping man and all of his doings from the face of the earth. The near-savage, sword-wielding descendants of the few survivors of that conflagration now inhabit a land that is clean, primal and beautiful, beautiful, except for one vast and mysterious tract known to all people of the world as the DARKRANGE. None may enter the Darkrange, for legend speaks of it as a place of the beforeones; the very domain of the devil himself. Now, while on a seasonal herb-gathering, a Doctor-woman has been stolen, and Odd, the premier battleman of the Ussen people of Shadowhill-grange, is selected to fetch her back. The trail of her abductors leads into the Darkrange. Odd follows, for he lives in an age of courage and honor, and can do no less. There, beyond the forbidden fringes and within the unworldly, moss-hung depths of the Darkrange, he learns the truth of the world, his people and begins to fathom his own terrible legacy.

5 Stars!

fabulous futuristic phenom, July 20, 2003

"Eight centuries ago, give or take a decade or two as post catastrophic historical time is not precise, pandemic devastation occurred when the magnetic poles shifted. Most people drowned on continents flooded by the oceans; others died not long afterward. Over the next eight hundred years, the few survivors live a sparse nomadic lifestyle with tribes constantly vying with others as available sustenance is slight.

The Usenn know life is a bitch and then you die, but a local calamity strikes the tribe when invading strangers abduct a Doctor-Woman while she gathered herbs. The leaders assign their greatest warrior Odd to rescue the Doctor-Woman, but they have taken her to the forbidden eerie Darkrange, the last place even a great warrior like himself would not want to enter. However, Odd enters the uncanny realm not just out of honor and duty, but also because he loves the Doctor-Woman, though no one knows his deepest secret feelings.

The DARKRANGE is an exciting post apocalyptic tale that takes the audience on a powerful journey because this future earth seems like a genuine depiction of an orb impacted by a change in global polarization (as has happened in the eons of the planet). Odd is a great lead character whose physical prowess and consequently confidence in his abilities are legendary amidst his people, but now knows fear as he enters a real to be avoided, but his biggest apprehension is for the woman he loves. S. Roy L. Hawkins blends action-packed science fiction, a mystery of past present and future, and a touch of romance into a fabulous futuristic phenom that needs time for its one sitting read." -Harriet Klausner

"I have just finished reading "Darkrange" which I purchased online at Barnes & Noble and was favorably impressed with this up and coming author who leaves just enough of the details to the readers imagination---- Very refreshing!
I am now reading Scarab-4, which is also promising to be another good read, and equally as intriguing as Darkrange."

Sincerely C.J. Durkee

4 Stars!

"Some eight hundred years or so after the greatest catastrophe to ever strike mankind - the Earth's magnetic field had suddenly shifted poles, as it often has in the past, throwing the earth's oceans out of their beds and destroying most of the life upon the planets surface. Those few humans who remain eke out a meager nomadic existence and engage in intertribal warfare as a way of life. One such group is the Usen of whom Odd, most appropriately named, is a member. Bigger, stronger, and faster than the others he is a warrior's warrior but, when the doctor woman is captured by strange invaders, can even Odd face up to the challenge of rescuing her from The Dark Range, where dwell mysterious creatures out of nightmare. Yet Odd must go for she whom he secretly loves has been captured, and something in his own inner being bids him seek the answers to the mystery of his own origins there beneath the Dark Range.

In the DARK RANGE, S. Roy L. Hawkins has once again woven a masterwork of mystery and science gone wild where a man finds out that that which he most desires has been right there before him the whole time. Be sure you have plenty of time so you will not be disturbed when you sit down to read this one because you will not want to put it down. This is truly a book for a lover of a good fast paced mystery adventure and I have no reservations about giving it a full four star rating. This is definitely a must read."

Reviewed by:
Robert M. Blacketer
Scribes World Reviews
www.scribesworld.com/reviews/

About the Author

Mr. Hawkins spent twenty-two years as a member of the United States Navy, served with distinction during the Vietnam era and, of course, experienced the civic unrest that accompanied those times.
During his lifetime he has seen much of the world, gotten to know a great many of it's people, and has experienced a diversity of cultures. He has fought in the prize ring, attained recognition as a martial artist, and found time to earn a degree in Law.
Mr. Hawkins now resides in Mobile, Alabama with his wife, Coe, where in addition to his writing, he works in the Shipbuilding industry.
Other books by Mr. Hawkins are The Avalonians, PROPHET-SEED and Scarab-4.

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