Mort(e)

A Novel

By: Robert Repino

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

A genre-busting postapocalyptic first novel - a pause-resisting adventure channeling Animal Farm as imagined by Cormac McCarthy

The "war with no name" has begun; its goal, human extinction. The instigator of this war is the Colony, a race of intelligent ants who, for thousands of years, have been silently building an army that will forever eradicate the destructive, oppressive humans. Under the Colony's watchful eye, this utopia will be free of the humans' penchant for violence, exploitation, and religious superstition. The final step in the Colony's war effort is the transformation of surface animals into high-functioning two-legged beings who will rise up and kill their masters.

Former house cat turned war hero Mort(e) is famous for taking on the most dangerous missions and fighting the dreaded human bioweapon EMSAH. But the true motivation behind Mort(e)'s recklessness is his ongoing search for a pretransformation friend - a dog named Sheba. When he receives a mysterious message from the dwindling human resistance claiming Sheba is alive, he begins a journey that will take him from the remaining human strongholds to the heart of the Colony, where he will discover the source of EMSAH and learn the ultimate fate of all earth's creatures.

©2015 Robert Repino (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Animal farm meets apocalypse

Overall, well done! Intriguing enough to keep me interested, lost me a bit about 7 hours in, but! Picked me right back up! Great examination of human culture :) if I say anymore I'll spoil it. A lot of story in a short amount of time. One I could recommend

very religious

I liked the premise. I liked most of the story. it did get religous, especially toward the end. though it didn't take too much away from the book for me. the Morse code section got a little weird, I thought my phone had broken...

Thought provoking

Any additional comments?

I just finished this book and I liked it. I noticed some reviewers like the first half and not the second. I did not find the second half disjointed or ambigious at all. I think its about how approaching the world with extreme logic or extreme religion are both insane. How the only true powers are love and friendship. And that you have to be true to yourself rather than believing what anyone else tells you.

weird story with bad narrator

Definitely a weird tale. gets really negative and preach-y at times but as long as you don't listen for too long it's fine. ending was a bit too "neat" for my liking

Far better than I would have thought

I came for the apocalyptic ants and anthropomorphic animals, and I stayed for the philosophy of love.