Children of the End

Win­ner of Best Horror/Mystery Novel Cat­e­gory at the San Diego Book Awards

Deep in a con­verted Cold War-era bunker, a vision­ary geneti­cist has devised a way to cure all the ills of human­ity in a sin­gle stroke. No more war, pesti­lence, star­va­tion, pol­lu­tion. The price will be high, but then, progress is never free. Dr. Pendergast’s solu­tion is entrusted to the extra­or­di­nary chil­dren he calls Loners — the ulti­mate fruit of his genius. After years of devel­op­ment and months of train­ing and rear­ing, they’re almost ready for release into the soci­eties of humankind. But not every­one agrees with Pendergast’s vision of a per­fect future. In order to get his project off the ground, he will first have to deal with an ordi­nary woman and an ordi­nary man who stand in his way. But he’ll also have to deal with some­thing else, some­thing he has not fore­seen. Down in the dark­ness of the bunker, the Lon­ers have devel­oped a vision of their own. It is not quite the same as their creator’s. And they’re most eager to share it with the world.

“If Clements isn’t as famous as Anne Rice and Dean Koontz, he’s taken a stride in that direc­tion with this action-packed thriller... a white knuckle, hair-raising climax... If you loved Stephen King’s Armaged­don fin­ish in Need­ful Things and get a kick out of Clive Barker’s bizarre char­ac­ters, you’ll love Chil­dren of the End.” – San Diego Union Tribune