Short Description

In this apocalyptic thriller by acclaimed author John Jantunen, escaped convict Gerald Nichols’s only hope of saving his son from a gone-mad world is the one thing he vowed himself he'd never do: unleash his alter ego, Savage Gerry, all over again.

Sales and Market Bullets

• John Jantunen was shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Cipher, and No Quarter was nominated for the PWA Shamus Award.


• Savage Gerry is a gorgeously written road story and a mad romp through Northern Ontario mid-apocalypse.

Audience

• Fans of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road


• Readers of Roberto Bolaño

John Jantunen is also the author of Cipher, No Quarter, and A Desolate Splendor. He has lived in almost every region of Canada and currently lives in Kingston, Ontario.

“Savage Gerry is a gripping work of speculative fiction set in a spirited landscape that’s often neglected or ignored in Canadian literature. Northern Ontario is much more than just a vibrant setting in this story; land itself takes on the complicated and conflicting traits of the characters who move through it. Jantunen skillfully compels readers to both empathize with and loathe the people who inhabit this dystopian realm. It’s a thrilling novel about outcasts and survivors navigating a harsh world, much in the same vein as works by Cormac McCarthy and Stephen King.” — Waubgeshig Rice, bestselling author of Moon of the Crusted Snow

“John Jantunen’s Savage Gerry is a savage and thrilling apocalyptic tour de force with echoes of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and George Miller’s Mad Max series. Its gripping anti-hero has a true beating heart that will keep you rooting for him all along the way. Read this book!” — Lee Matthew Goldberg, bestselling author of The Mentor and The Ancestor

“This is an Old Testament novel of fire and brimstone, of a fierce, just God. This is a novel of an eye for an eye. This is a novel of strong and stoic men, who take care of their families and ask for no quarter. A novel of men’s actions, not their words. This is a novel of the love of men for their sons. This is a novel of strength, not of weakness.” — Les Edgerton, author of Hard Times, Adrenaline Junkie and others.

“A contemplative blend [of] genre and character.” — Tuerlemot blog

“A rip-roaring post-apocalyptic story told with passion and skill. But, for those willing to read a little deeper, there is another, much more disturbing layer to the book, with Jantunen eviscerating the illusions every one of us holds dear.” — Cloud Lake Literary