Human After All (Novel)

## Book Description

Freeman is a genius with an uncommon mixture of memory, intelligence and creativity. He lives in a worldwide utopia, but it was not always so. There was a time known as the Grind―when Freeman's people lived as slaves to another race referred to simply as "Master." They were property. But a civil rights movement emerged. Change seemed near, but the Masters refused to bend. Instead, they declared war.

And lost.

Now, the freed world is threatened by a virus, spread through bites, sweeping through the population. Those infected are propelled to violence, driven to disperse the virus. Uniquely suited to respond to this new threat, Freeman searches for a cure, but instead finds the source―the Masters, intent on reclaiming the world. Freeman must fight for his life, for his friends and for the truth, which is far more complex and dangerous than he ever imagined.

## Alternate Titles

HUMAN AFTER ALL was previously known as XOM-B, then UPRISING, then (briefly, in the UK exclusively) as FREEMAN. Now it is on its fourth title. So what happened? See below for the story as it appeared in Jeremy Robinson's newsletter on February 24, 2023:

> A book with four names? It happens.
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> Yes, HUMAN AFTER ALL was published under TWO previous titles. Three if you count a limited release in the UK. Why? Welcome to the world of publishing.
> When I first wrote the novel, I titled it FREEMAN after the main character, which felt right because one of the novel’s themes is freedom. But, the publisher didn’t like that and changed the title to XOM-B, after a virus that plays a part in the book. Clever right? I mean, technically, I came up with it because it is in the book. Must be genius. Zombie without the Z, I, and E. Who thinks of something like that?
> The answer… Not many people.
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> While there are some who read the title the way it was intended, there were more who never figured out—or remembered—what it said. The most common alternative I heard was ‘X-Bomb.’ And apparently, no one wanted to read a novel with a name they couldn’t pronounce. Sales of the hardcover floundered. The publisher then re-released it in paperback under the name UPRISING. And it didn’t help, possibly because this was at the height of the e-book revolution, print was on the brink, and the e-book edition was way overpriced.
> Now, I had the foreign rights to the book, so a few years later I decided to test-release the e-book in the UK under the original title, FREEMAN. Well, that didn’t do the trick, either. Probably because the cover was meh.
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> It’s been eight years since the original release, and the rights have fully reverted back to me. So, we now have the chance to re-release it for real, under my successful Breakneck Media imprint. Because of the low initial sales, we’re able to treat this as a new release with a title that finally does the book justice, and a sick cover to boot. Hopefully they do the story—one of my most highly rated—justice this time.
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