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Sugar Mountain

By: Alfred Alcorn
Narrated by: Jack Estes
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A Novel Set During a Pandemic Which Started in China and Explores What It Takes to Survive Against All Odds. This "What If" Version Written in 2013, Makes One Fear How People Might React If the Coronavirus Covid-19 Shut the World Down.

Fiction. Sugar Mountain is a cautionary tale about an all-too-possible catastrophe: a deadly flu epidemic that starts in China and spreads throughout the world, slowly at first, then unbelievably fast. And there is no cure. People who prepare for such possibilities are variously referred to as “homesteaders”, “preppers”, or “survivalists”. This is a story of one such extended family, the Arkwrights, and how, at their farm in western Massachusetts, they gather and stand together in the face of a relentless mass killer. As well as the ravaging influenza, they must contend with provisioning themselves and fending off a local well-armed and ruthless paramilitary group all the while hanging on to enough humanity to make their survival meaningful.

Sugar Mountain explores how such a calamity affects individual family members, their neighbors - many of whom are not prepared - and society as a whole. This is a story of a fight to survive in the midst of pressures and threats and against long odds. As one member of the family records in her journal, "The world is coming to an end.... The world is starting all over again."

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Alfred Alcorn beautifully weaves together a story rich with suspense, drama, and emotion told through the perspectives of several wonderfully personal characters struggling through a post pandemic survival scenario. It is amazing this was written well before the COVID pandemic as so much of the story resonates with recent events. The backdrop of societal decline, logistics of survival, and interpersonal dynamics of the Sugar Mountaineers are clearly well researched and presented, and create an immersive experience. Alcorn crafts an enticing picture of a survival community and refuge some would call an outback of the mind.

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