While on assignment in Utah, Christine Temetri isn’t surprised when yet another prophesied Apocalypse fails to occur. After three years of reporting on End Times cults for a religious news magazine, Christine is seriously questioning her career choice. But then she meets Mercury, a cult leader whose knowledge of the impending Apocalypse is decidedly more solid than most: he is an angel, sent from heaven to prepare for the Second Coming but distracted by beer, ping pong, and other earthly delights. After Christine and Mercury inadvertently save Karl Grissom—a film-school dropout and the newly appointed Antichrist—from assassination, she realizes the three of them are all that stand in the way of mankind’s utter annihilation. They are a motley crew compared to the heavenly host bent on earth’s destruction, but Christine figures they’ll just have to do. Full of memorable characters, Mercury Falls is an absurdly funny tale about unlikely heroes on a quest to save the world.
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"Devilish fun. Angelic antics. It's the end of world as we know, only not. Irreligious and snarky, meet the old gods, same as the new gods, and the angels, cherubim and seraphim., thrones, dominions and principalities. Yes, there will be a test to see if you are keeping your Archangels and ordinary angels straight. If you pass, Armageddon averted. If not, check your linoleum pattern; it may be a portal." — Carol (4 out of 5 stars)
"Devilish fun. Angelic antics. It's the end of world as we know, only not. Irreligious and snarky, meet the old gods, same as the new gods, and the angels, cherubim and seraphim., thrones, dominions and principalities. Yes, there will be a test to see if you are keeping your Archangels and ordinary angels straight. If you pass, Armageddon averted. If not, check your linoleum pattern; it may be a portal."
“Clever, inventive, and original, Kroese’s hilarious romp has cult favorite written all over it.”
" If you loved Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, then you'll love this book. Same irreverent humor and wry commentary on human nature. "
" This book had a fun tone, very Douglas Adams. It also had some rather funny ideas on the bureaucracy of heaven and hell "
" A very funny, light read, with a lot of creativity, I thought. Dry, ironic humor... "
" The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Apocalypse. Amusing, but got tedious after awhile. "
" This was a fun idea. A little clunky at times. But, I enjoyed it for the most part. "
" As a fan of the "Hitchhiker Guide" books, I thought I'd like this more than I did. Same type of humor, but I didn't connect with it the same way. I'll probably try the second book in the series and see if I grow to enjoy the characters more than I did in the first one. "
" I had to force myself to finish this book. It started off well, but it quickly faded. "
" I read this book right after my mother died. I will always be grateful to it for brightening my outlook and giving me reason to laugh. It was well written, hysterically funny, smart and engaging. I have never read another book like it. Honestly, I can't recommend it enough. Just awesome. "
" Fun goofy apocalypse book. Sort of like a less good Good Omens. "
" This book is pretty great. It's witty, kind of sarcastic and kept me smiling. It was amusing to watch Kroese's version of the less-than-efficient "higher powers" try to do much of anything "
" The clever, absurdist fun of it kept me going, and I did like it. Yet, it's religious underpinnings are just so different than my own. An accomplishment, this one, that I'm not able to appreciate like I perhaps should. "
" Love the premise, loved the plot. I just couldn't get past the rather insipid writing. Here's hoping that the author has a better editor next time. "
" I loved the humor in this book. I rarely laugh out loud while reading, but a few times I definitely did with this book. I also couldn't put it down a few times. The only disappointing part was the end. I felt like it was really rushed. I guess I don't know what I expected but it wasn't that. "
" The grim thing about starting a series is that the d*** thing may never have a conclusion. Not that real life has conclusions but imaginative fiction is not real life. I enjoyed this book but it makes me despair of the series... "
" Highly sarcastic writing. A bit Christopher Moore with a lot more Douglas Adams' style. "
" Quite witty and readable. Enough so that I'm sure I'll eventually read Mercury Rises. "
" This book was humorous and witty and a great read. A funny and different take on the apocalypse. "
" really liked this one- made me laugh out loud several times "
" Everyone needs to read this book! "
" Trite, cliche, unoriginal glib. While the conclusion was fun to read, this novel is hardly satisfying. The humor insisted upon itself, the commentary was more pervasive than satirical, and the characters were one-dimensional. "
Robert Kroese’s sense of irony was honed growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, home of the Amway Corporation and the Gerald R. Ford Museum, and the first city in the United States to fluoridate its water supply. In second grade, he wrote his first novel, the saga of Captain Bill and his spaceship Thee Eagle. This turned out to be the high point of his academic career. After barely graduating from Calvin College in 1992 with a philosophy degree, he was fired from a variety of jobs before moving to California, where he stumbled into software development. As this job required neither punctuality nor a sense of direction, he excelled at it. In 2009, he called upon his extensive knowledge of useless information and love of explosions to write his first novel, Mercury Falls. Since then, he has written two sequels, Mercury Rises and Mercury Rests, and a humorous epic fantasy, Disenchanted.
Kevin Stillwell is an actor, voice talent, and Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. His film and television credits include Looper and Drop Dead Diva.
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