Before Their After
State of the Union Prequel Novellas #.5
by Nelle Nikole
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Pub Date 10 Oct 2024 | Archive Date 31 Jan 2025
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Description
Day 0 - Run. It’s the only thing you can do.
What makes a soldier? How does one become a monster? What turns a person into the villain from their darkest dreams?
Life. Death. Fear. Love. Desperation.
The unyielding desire to live.
Perhaps the answer lies in a fragile balance, a delicate dance of conflicting forces. So what happens when a general, a shadow, a healer, a cowboy, a seer, and a bloodhound walk into a compound?
They make it home.
The Walking Dead + Magic
Please read: This is a collection of prequel novellas for the State of the Union Dystopian Fantasy Romance series. These stories introduce the characters, reveal their backstories, and lead you deeper into the central question: 'Why?'
Advance Praise
"This book is so well written I felt like I was walking beside them making their way to Monterey, and the cliff hangers at the end of each story made me want to continue the series as I didn’t want to say goodbye to these characters yet."
"I loved that I could feel the emotions that the characters were feeling. The toll that surviving an apocalypse takes on a person, knowing what happened to the people you love and still continuing on."
"This is my first dive into Nelle Nikole’s State of the Union series and I am hooked! I couldn’t put Before Their After down and finished it in one sitting."
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9798987850824 |
| PRICE | US$2.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 192 |
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Featured Reviews
Shelley S, Reviewer
I struggled with this book, but I think that is mainly because it is a short prequel, and I have not read the other books. I love a good dystopian story, but I didn’t get enough detail about the world and what had happened to really feel invested. The characters seemed interesting, but I did struggle a few times to keep track of who was who, as there are a lot of characters in such a short book. If you have read books 1 and 2 I'm sure this wouldn't be an issue. I would have liked a more fully fleshed story which is why I feel I just wasn’t the right audience for this book. It really felt like it was written for someone who had already read books 1 and 2. If you have already read the other books than I'm sure it would be a really interesting to learn some of the character back stories.
Kathryn M, Reviewer
Nelle Nikole does a great job in writing this novella, it had that prequel element that I was looking for and was invested in getting into this world. The characters had that feel that I was looking for and worked with the world going on, it left me wanting to read more in this world and can't wait for more from Nelle Nikole.
Hailey G, Reviewer
This book surprised me. I thought the inclusion of magic in a post apocalyptic setting would be interesting but this is extremely well written. I was legitimately sad to have finished. The only issue I have is that sometimes there would be a time jump in the story and it was a little unclear that had happened for longer than necessary. I am planning to continue this series to see what the heck happens next.
