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Jeff Horton was born in North Dakota, the youngest son of a career Air Force master sergeant, where he spent the first four years of his life before moving to North Carolina.
A voracious reader growing up, he enjoyed reading everything from comic books to The Bible, including stories by many popular authors such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Michael Crichton, Tom Clancy, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Jeff Horton's novel, The Great Collapse-Survivors of the Pulse, a story about the coming of the pulse and the end of civilization, was published in 2010. The Dark Age-Survivors of the Pulse, the sequel to The Great Collapse, was released in July of 2011. His third novel, The Last Prophet, was released in August of 2011.
Jeff is a member of the North Carolina Writers Network.
When he's not penning his next novel, he enjoys reading, going to church, and spending time with his family.
For more information visit www.hortonlibrary.com or his Facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/Author.Jeff.Horton.
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Reviewed by Paul Johnson for Readers' Favorite
In the five-hundred years since the Pulse caused the Great Collapse ending the Golden Age, civilization has digressed to the point of basic existence. The survivors have been told of an ancient prophecy about an artifact, said to be powerful enough to dramatically change the world. They have waited ever since for a long-anticipated sign from God. Finally, the sign appears in the night sky. Has the time come for Ferrell Young, the Warrior Clan, and the Church to risk everything in an effort to restore civilization? Yes, if they are to bring hope to a world full of despair.
I am a fan of good post-apocalypse novels. This book is no exception. The author has shown great skill in weaving a story of "what if." What if everything changed in the blink of an eye? I did find A Dark Age to be a somewhat complicated novel but consisting of basic good versus evil. The author takes the concept and inserts enough detail to quickly define the environment, atmosphere, and characters. This enables the reader to promptly label the players. The main characters are likable, particularly the protagonist Ferrell, Alex and his daughter Hannah, and Brother Sebastian. Then there is the evil antagonist, Kraken, with whom the reader will quickly grow to hate. The plot, while based on a well-used concept, is well thought out and constructed in a manner to keep the reader’s attention and interest. I did find the ending to be a touch simplistic but still satisfactory. Overall, it's very well done.
