The Mercy Journals by Claudia Casper is an apocalypse novel told through the journal of Allen Quincy. The downfall of society as we know it has been brought on by World War III and out-of-control climate change. Millions have died, nation states have fallen, and times are hard. Though there is some semblance of civilization, it’s as though it’s in its infancy. Allen lives alone with only his forbidden goldfish for company, and holds down a job in restricted item enforcement when he isn’t drunk or high.
Things are pretty much the same day to day for him until he meets a woman, then lost family members begin to show up. Therein lies the story. It is a tale of a man lost, a man who wants to do the right thing, if he can only figure out what that is, and the journey he must go through.
With more of a literary than genre feel, The Mercy Journals is a short book for your soul. Take a peek.