Currently my book is shadows by Ilisa J. Bick and the story
behind it is post-apocalyptic and in that the main character tries to survive
from people who have their brain changed to a wild primitive frenzy state and
hunt other people and she tries to survive it, to how it became like this it
had an electromagnetic wave sent across the world which is like a complete
shutdown of all and anything that carries an electric charge. Because of this
some characters have shown superhuman qualities that are enhanced which the
main character, Alex with the enhance feelings to her sense of smell, so she is
able to sense the characteristics of a person thru there scent which could be
similar to the medical condition synesthesia and wild animals are also affected
as they do have brains as well, birds fly in different directions as its
internal compass is mixed, dogs are now more intelligent and understand what
humans would say and also unique to them is that they have the ability to
distinguish when a person will turn into their frenzy state or not
My idea for this book to previous fans it to have a book
that could explain how to hunt and the best possible items to use when hunting,
as the book makes the world somewhat go to a primitive state no electricity is
used so the characters resort to using the old style of using guns and weapons
and having basic knowledge of medicine.
Also having a book on training dogs , trying to have them be
able to fight back will easily help if facing something dangerous and be able
to fight on their own as well be able to listen to your commands with ease, if
they can bark than they can surely bite.
I believe that this idea will work is because back then
humans would use wolfs in a similar manner and possibly in fact learned it from
wolfs in that when facing something large they would try to attack it but only
to get it weak than when it would be tired then they would strike, hunting is
still use now but more in a pride sport of way, but in this book it’s the
simple line “hunt or be hunted” that really is the represents the story of the
book.
In the story Alex is trying to run away from the feral
humans and at the same time tries to confront her feelings towards those around
her as she had the thoughts of death around her
“Her arm was there. So was her hand. But wolf held a scrap
of something drippy and wet and very red and--. Oh my god her breath, bottled in her chest, came in a sobbing rush.
What spider had begun, wolf had finished. Horrified she could only watch as
wolf inspected a flap of parka and skin and dying muscle. Her muscle her heart was banging in her ears. Her flesh”.
To others people would naturally go in to a state of shock
but learning how to control themselves can easily not go insane from seeing
something so gruesome and try to figure out a way to prevent something like
that
My idea will still connect to the fans by giving that feel
to the book of hunting and maybe if you do hunt and something starts to chase
you and you know what you have to do then it will possibly give that flight or
fight rush feeling and gives you a sense of how the characters actually felt In
the book. Though it is generally an impossible situation it could actually
assist in an event where there will be no police force to protect you and
you’ll be able to fend for yourself, an example being that you are lost and in
need to survive and hunting for a long time.
