Neands
Dan Salmon
OneTree House
pub. 2020

12 April, 2021

Neands, a gripping YA novel by Dan Salmon, tells the story of Charlie Rutherford, a teenage boy living in a world full of chaos. A DNA-altering virus is spreading throughout the world infecting the majority of the population. Human genes seem to be reversing with people evolving backwards until they appear very similar to Neanderthals.

Charlie’s father was a scientist, as was his mother, who tried to alert everyone to what was going on. He was immediately accused of lying and trying to cause chaos. Everywhere scientists are disappearing, along with information about the virus.  Read more

Neands
Dan Salmon
One Tree House
pub. 2020

09 March , 2021

In 2020, everyone had a lockdown project. Breadmaking, crafts, Netflix, running….. Dan Salmon’s was writing his promising debut novel, Neands. Salmon has spent almost the last 20 years cementing his place in the New Zealand visual entertainment industry with A Good Way to Die, Dirty Bloody Hippies, and Made in Taiwan. By the number one on the spine, I sense he may be spending the next two decades in cementing his place as a New Zealand young adult futuristic dystopian writer.

Neands tells the story of a human-altering virus that spreads rapidly, converting humans into something reminiscent of prehistoric Neanderthals; and the New Zealand teens trying to unravel the mysterious cause.  Read more

Neands
Dan Salmon
OneTree House
pub:  2020

27 November 2020

When meeting someone, we use first impressions to decide how we feel about them, at least until we know them better.  That is a pretty well recognised fact. But first impressions are rather important when choosing books, too. Even if we don’t admit it, we often choose a book with an interesting cover (although we try not to judge a book because of its cover.) The looks hook people in, but the blurb brings it home (literally, I always leave bookshops with a lot of books.)

Neands.  A picture of an apeish creature on the cover.  Read more