Wormwood by D. H. Nevins is a post-apocalyptic thriller you’ll never forget. Against a devastated landscape, a legion of one hundred fierce half-angels is hell bent on purging the Earth of all humans. But one of them, the tormented Tiamat, struggles against his mission, and when he rescues a beautiful woman named Kali, he finds the attraction as troubling as it is miraculous. Can Kali trust the one creature who could be responsible for her ultimate demise? Beautifully written and excitingly told, Wormwood creates a world that is as strange as it is compelling. Filled with brilliantly executed twists and turns on every page that are guaranteed to keep you guessing, Wormwood is one of the most exciting debuts of the year.
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"Nevins' novel dives into a journey befitting its laudable female protagonist... with zeal and no reservations." -Kirkus Reviews
"It is hard to stop reading the last 150 pages of the book." -The Frontenac News
"Wow. I actually thought I was out of breath." -R.W. Goodship, author of The Camera Guy
"It is hard to stop reading the last 150 pages of the book." -The Frontenac News
"Wow. I actually thought I was out of breath." -R.W. Goodship, author of The Camera Guy
About the Author
D. H. Nevins earned a Bachelor of Arts from The University of Windsor and a Bachelor of Education from Brock University. As a teacher, she had spent years encouraging students to write before she decided to follow her own advice. Two years later, she published “Wormwood.” She lives in a rural part of Ontario full of forests and lakes, and incorporates her personal experiences and beautiful scenery into her works.
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D.H. Nevins was born in Toronto and currently lives in a quiet area of Ontario, surrounded by forests and lakes. By day, she is a personable, friendly school teacher. By night, she silently chuckles as she writes about destroying the world. When she isn't writing, she enjoys hiking, camping, flying around on her motorcycle or dabbling in live theatre.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Kathleen
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have a confession. Before reading Wormwood, I was not a huge fan of either post-apocalypse and/or angel storylines. But I heard so many wonderful things about this book that I had to put aside my previous likes and dislikes and give this one a go. And boy am I glad that I did! I cannot say enough about Wormwood. D.H. Nevins did a beautiful job setting up this story to feel like you are right there with Kali as the apocalypse is happening. She is a really strong, independent chick who was put in the middle of a horrible disaster. When she meets Tiamat, all Hell breaks loose. You really feel the fact that he is not completely human, in that he has been compelled to end the world as we know it. He is relentless in reaching this goal, even knowing how much it will devastate Kali. His motivations are not clear throughout, which I though just added to the mystery of the story. This is a sad book, but chock full of wonderful imagery, complex characters and a thrilling love story, to boot. What's not to like? I cannot wait to read the next book in this series (which D.H. Nevins tells me will be a trilogy).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Sometimes a reviewer has a book submitted, and stares at the title, and has absolutely no idea where this will take them. Many look their books titles up on Amazon or Goodreads to not only read the cover blurbs, but read other reviewer ratings. I just like to be surprised, and yep what a pleasant surprise was Wormwood written by D.H. Nevins was.
We meet Kali Michaels, who is a young guide at the Pinecrest National Forest while she attends college. Her group at this time is a corporate one on a team building retreat. Occasionally, some member of the group gets out of line and bingo, one of the team, is really getting on her nerves. It will be the last night camping with them; heading home in the morning. Kali sets them up with instructions for the night and pitches her tent further from them taking a break wandering off to Lookout Peak to be alone. It is there she meets a young man, appearing to be contemplating jumping. He looks sad, as she makes small talk getting him to move away from the edge. His name is Tiamat.
It is now ten years later, and Kali is out on a walk and comes upon Tiamat at Lookout Peak. His arms are out stretched, and as she watches him standing there the earth starts to shake, large crevices open, and trees and boulders fall into giant holes and life as we know it ends.
From their conversation we learn Tiamat has actually caused the earth and all on it to die. He and one hundred of his brothers called Nephilim which are half human/half angel sent from God to do this destruction. Tiamat is horrified at what he is tasked to do, and the relationship between possibly killing Kali and protecting her becomes the focal point of this story.
D.H. Nevins has used Kali Michaels as her voice, as we watch the world end. Her approach to this apocalypse and what she learns is how this book is written. Ms. Nevins depiction is stunning, as she takes us by the hand through Kali and leads us on a wonderful mystery, romance, and horror adventure. I say voice because the author's use of language is a tribute to the beauty she spins about angels, demons, humanity and God.
Tiamat, the 'nee' hero, has Kali in such a tumultuous emotional place, that her strength and reasoning make me shake my head in awe. Her background of being able to take care of herself under grave conditions in the wild is exceptional, as the expectation of Taimat and some of the brothers she meets makes her fearsome. Given I was in her shoes, I would have curled up into a ball, but Kali perseveres on. Taimat shilly shallies around so much playing the wounded hero, giving this girl such mixed signals, I cannot believe she didn't shoot him before the book ended.
I must say the story, writing and editing was more than I could ask for in a concept that was very brave. The ending left me wanting more and from where I sit I think this author has given us an opening for another.
Review By Gloria Lakritz
Sr Reviewer and Review Chair for the Paranormal Romance Guild
We meet Kali Michaels, who is a young guide at the Pinecrest National Forest while she attends college. Her group at this time is a corporate one on a team building retreat. Occasionally, some member of the group gets out of line and bingo, one of the team, is really getting on her nerves. It will be the last night camping with them; heading home in the morning. Kali sets them up with instructions for the night and pitches her tent further from them taking a break wandering off to Lookout Peak to be alone. It is there she meets a young man, appearing to be contemplating jumping. He looks sad, as she makes small talk getting him to move away from the edge. His name is Tiamat.
It is now ten years later, and Kali is out on a walk and comes upon Tiamat at Lookout Peak. His arms are out stretched, and as she watches him standing there the earth starts to shake, large crevices open, and trees and boulders fall into giant holes and life as we know it ends.
From their conversation we learn Tiamat has actually caused the earth and all on it to die. He and one hundred of his brothers called Nephilim which are half human/half angel sent from God to do this destruction. Tiamat is horrified at what he is tasked to do, and the relationship between possibly killing Kali and protecting her becomes the focal point of this story.
D.H. Nevins has used Kali Michaels as her voice, as we watch the world end. Her approach to this apocalypse and what she learns is how this book is written. Ms. Nevins depiction is stunning, as she takes us by the hand through Kali and leads us on a wonderful mystery, romance, and horror adventure. I say voice because the author's use of language is a tribute to the beauty she spins about angels, demons, humanity and God.
Tiamat, the 'nee' hero, has Kali in such a tumultuous emotional place, that her strength and reasoning make me shake my head in awe. Her background of being able to take care of herself under grave conditions in the wild is exceptional, as the expectation of Taimat and some of the brothers she meets makes her fearsome. Given I was in her shoes, I would have curled up into a ball, but Kali perseveres on. Taimat shilly shallies around so much playing the wounded hero, giving this girl such mixed signals, I cannot believe she didn't shoot him before the book ended.
I must say the story, writing and editing was more than I could ask for in a concept that was very brave. The ending left me wanting more and from where I sit I think this author has given us an opening for another.
Review By Gloria Lakritz
Sr Reviewer and Review Chair for the Paranormal Romance Guild
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
So I received this book from the Author as a gift for winning a contest on facebook. When I received the book I was thrilled because I had read the blurb. D.H. Nevins was a little worried that I wouldn't enjoy her book due to my not liking Dystopians. But while this book is "technically" a dystopian novel it is so much more than that.
I started reading this book and immediately got sucked into the story. I fell for Kali immediately, she seemed so down to earth, so nice and so very young, and she actually reminded me of my daughters. Then we meet up with him *key sound effects* and all Hell figuratively and literally breaks loose. Tiamat is a Nephilim sent by god to destroy all of humanity and send them for their final judgement. *see not a dystopian simply an end of world because God did it story*...
Um where was I? Oh right, I don't want to give away any spoilers because I insist you go get this fabulous book. After all who can possibly say no to angels and demons? Oh didn't I mention there is a demon? There is! And the twists that this book takes are going to make you stay up late into the wee hours of the morning reading to find out what happens next. I know I stayed up until 1 in the morning just to get to the end and then nearly cry because it was over. But I know book 2 will be out early next year and I'll be first in line to grab that so I can continue on this wonderful Journey with Kali.
Before I forget, the character creation in this book is great. Kali is likeable and quite a strongly written female and Tiamat is so turned around because of his feelings for Kali that you almost laugh at his stupidity, but in a good way. There are supporting characters as well in the form of other Nephilim and the Demon but while they are critical to the flow of the story they really don't matter but even those were well written and we got such a strong feeling for some of them that it showed the amount of time this author spent creating this book.
The plot was fabulous and the ending was... not over yet I'm afraid since there are more books to come from this author. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves Paranormal and especially anyone who loves angel stories or in this case "end of days" stories.
Thank you D.H. Nevins for this fabulous gift of entertainment you have provided me with and I hope to see more from you in the very near future.
I started reading this book and immediately got sucked into the story. I fell for Kali immediately, she seemed so down to earth, so nice and so very young, and she actually reminded me of my daughters. Then we meet up with him *key sound effects* and all Hell figuratively and literally breaks loose. Tiamat is a Nephilim sent by god to destroy all of humanity and send them for their final judgement. *see not a dystopian simply an end of world because God did it story*...
Um where was I? Oh right, I don't want to give away any spoilers because I insist you go get this fabulous book. After all who can possibly say no to angels and demons? Oh didn't I mention there is a demon? There is! And the twists that this book takes are going to make you stay up late into the wee hours of the morning reading to find out what happens next. I know I stayed up until 1 in the morning just to get to the end and then nearly cry because it was over. But I know book 2 will be out early next year and I'll be first in line to grab that so I can continue on this wonderful Journey with Kali.
Before I forget, the character creation in this book is great. Kali is likeable and quite a strongly written female and Tiamat is so turned around because of his feelings for Kali that you almost laugh at his stupidity, but in a good way. There are supporting characters as well in the form of other Nephilim and the Demon but while they are critical to the flow of the story they really don't matter but even those were well written and we got such a strong feeling for some of them that it showed the amount of time this author spent creating this book.
The plot was fabulous and the ending was... not over yet I'm afraid since there are more books to come from this author. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves Paranormal and especially anyone who loves angel stories or in this case "end of days" stories.
Thank you D.H. Nevins for this fabulous gift of entertainment you have provided me with and I hope to see more from you in the very near future.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
An epic apocalyptic fantasy
Before I begin this review, and in the spirit of full disclosure, I would mention that while I have never met the author face to face (we live on opposite sides of the planet), I... Read more
Published 10 days ago by Jonathon Dyer
3.0 out of 5 stars
The END is coming and it's just the beginning
3.5 Stars
Kali Michaels works as a guide for tourists through the Pinecrest National Forest to help pay her way through college. Read more
Kali Michaels works as a guide for tourists through the Pinecrest National Forest to help pay her way through college. Read more
Published 15 days ago by lovestodive
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow!
This story sucked me in and kept me reading to the very end. Kali is an engaging character. It was not only an enjoyable read, but I'm still thinking about it days later. Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. Gallagher
3.0 out of 5 stars
Different but good!
I’m truly happy I read this book because it’s completely out of my comfort zone. Normally I don’t like books that are post-apocalyptic because let’s face it, it’s all about doom... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Cristina's Book Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
WORMWOOD
First of all I must say I was not a fan of post-apocalyptic until I read this book and I loved it from the moment I opened it.Danielle did great with this book its just amazing. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Anna Shumpert
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing!
Danielle Harding writes so beautifully. Delivers the story with exceptional grace and style. This is one of those books I will read again, and let me tell you I have not reread any... Read more
Published 3 months ago by carlyleL
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Dark Rollercoaster thriller
If Amazon would allow it - I would actually give this one 4 1/2 stars...
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Published 5 months ago by sljasble
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wormwood Blew Me Away!
100 Nephilim, super powerful half human half angels beings, are given the task to clean the earth of all human life. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Beth H
5.0 out of 5 stars
After The World Ends
I was walking along Cedar Creek Trail, my usual route. All of a sudden, the wind blew like an omen of doom, the ground felt like a roller coaster under my feet and as rocks fell... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Sherry Fundin
4.0 out of 5 stars
MoB's review of D.H.Nevins Wormwood
I'm usually not attracted to dark genre novels in my reading, but I was intrigued by the title and curious to read how a story with a biblical reference to half angels, half humans... Read more
Published 9 months ago by MoB
