When the ground quakes and blazing balls of fire fall from the sky, a religious sect interprets it as the fulfillment of long-held prophecies foretelling the end of the world. The members flee to their religious sanctuary, believing that this global cataclysm is the portent of a new paradise of eternal happiness.

Inside, one cold and starving man struggles to hold onto his hope for the future. He’s sacrificed everything for his faith in the prophecy, including his family. As the tortuous night drags on, he struggles to hold onto his hope for the future and grapples with a lifetime of beliefs, and expectations.  If he survives to see the paradise earth, will it be worth it?

Paradise Earth is a deconstruction of faith at the end of the world and beyond. The first volume of the trilogy, Day Zero, will be published by Curiosity Quills Press on December 21, 2012. Week One and Forever After will follow.

Anthony Mathenia is a novelist and freelance writer. He has a weekly romance serial titled Happiness: How to Find It published on curiosityquills.com and a weekly offbeat travel column on Vagobond.com. Paradise Earth: Day Zero is his debut novel. He was raised in a religious cult and sincerely apologizes for waking you up on Saturday morning in order to recruit you.



About the Author

Sharon Bayliss
Sharon Bayliss
As an author and social worker, Sharon Bayliss has devoted her life to making the lives of real people better and the lives of fictional people much, much worse. When she’s not writing, she enjoys living her “happily-ever-after” with her husband and two young sons in Austin, Texas. She can be found eating Tex-Mex on patios, wearing flip-flops, and playing in the mud (which she calls gardening). Her debut novel, The Charge, will be released soon from Curiosity Quills Press.
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