Review: Good novella;  after bioterrorism destroys civilization
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 11, 2011
Sophie Littlefield's SURVIVORS is a dark, but very much a page-turner of a novella that addresses the story of a young boy and his grandmother who show up at The Box, a place where survivors of a war of bioterrorism that has destroyed civilization live.  It is a walled complex and keeps out the raiding zombie-like creatures and other roaming groups who are a danger to those inside The Box.The rules state that no children are allowed in The Box, but because Feo is so lonely without his grandmother and becomes attached to one of the guards, he is allowed to stay, at least temporarily.  There was another child there, the daughter of Cass, who sought shelter with her nearly three-year-old.  Cass enjoys gardening and has planted flowers and spends a lot of time weeding and taking care of her garden that she keeps to make things seem as normal as possible.  This is the Aftertime, and in this novella, some very frightening things happen that will result in a death of a Survivor and Feo's fate will be decided.I really liked this novella and would like to read the full novels that Littlefield has written.  This reminded me of a couple of the recent post-apocalyptic television shows and also of the movie "I Am Legend."  I felt like I was watching a movie as I read this, and the novels must be extremely good if this short novella is any indication.  Even after such horrors as the Survivors have witnessed, their humanity and goodness still remains in most of them.  I recommend this to anyone who likes stories like this or to sci-fi fans.