Young and Evil

Post-apocalyptic, teenage pirates with Lovecraftian monsters.

Tommy Fenn is one of the oldest people left alive on Orcas Island. He’s fifteen. The Orphan Fog plague has wiped out all the adults and young children and now the Pacific Northwest is a wasteland of teens and tweens struggling to survive amongst the rotting bodies of their parents and the wreckage of their world.

Scavenging can only take them so far. Tommy doesn’t know when the National Guard will come back, or even if the government still exists. So he and his gang learn to sail, to trade with other survivors around the islands, to see what’s out there. And what’s out there is pirates; murdering, raping teenagers who take what they want and shoot anyone who gets in their way. To protect the island, Tommy proposes joining forces with the Rosario colony. Their leader, Brad Dexter, refuses. He considers Tommy a criminal, as bad as any pirate. Then the pirates invade Tommy’s cove and kidnap Jennifer Nakasura.

And far away, at the top of the Space Needle, the Emperor, a mysterious young man with a special destiny, gathers his army under the red octopus flag. He is searching for a strange mutant child. A child with tentacles.

Though this is a novel about teenagers, it is not a young adult novel. There’s a lot of profanity, drugs and drinking and plenty of sex and violence, too.

This book is getting some great reviews! Here are just a few of them:

“Teenage post apocalyptic pirates and Lovecraftian monsters!!! This book did not disappoint. Young and Evil is one of the best books I've read in years and its a nice peak at a fantastic new post apocalyptic fantasy world, one i hope I can return to soon.

Great characters, tons of violence, and great humor, this book really isnt for younger readers. It can be pretty graphic with the sex scenes and the gore, but I love that. Please, anyone who hasn't read this, please do and help Mr. Orser get his name known!!!! This book was awesome and now I just want a sequel!”

“Young and Evil is the appropriately titled tale of a post apocalyptic scenario in which a mysterious disease wipes out the population over 16 years of age leaving children to fill the roles of adults. Be warned: this ain't Bugsy Malone and it certainly isn't a young adult novel. It's a bit disturbing and shamelessly vulgar but a hell of a lot of fun. As in A Clockwork Orange you'll find children behaving very badly and the author continually reminds you of this fact. Deal. It's a fantasy. A thoroughly enjoyable fantasy with many surprises and a nice twist that will put you in mind of a certain reclusive New England writer.”

“'Young and Evil' is not for the squeamish person. There is a lot of graphic violence in it, reminding me of All Quiet on the Western Front Publisher: Ballantine Books, another great book. This story, as the author admits, is not written for teenagers, although it is the kind of book many teenage boys would no doubt enjoy.” 


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Want to learn a little more about ‘Young and Evil,’ and author Erich Orser? Check out this interview:  

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