HELLDIVERS BOOK 2 SERIES

Another character, that shall go unnamed for sake of spoiling anything, has also changed considerably since book 1. My goal was to show how they matured and accepted or perhaps didn’t accept the burden of their responsibility as Hell Divers. The characters know how fragile their existence is and many of them have become adults since the events of book 1. A single storm or accident could bring down the Hive and wipe out the final survivors. With the loss of the Hive’s sister airship Ares, humanity is already teetering on the edge of destruction. In book two I wanted to up the ante, so to speak, and take things to an entirely new level. What new goals did you set for yourself for the second book? The second book in the series, Hell Divers: Ghosts is set 10 years after the end of Hell Divers and follows many of the same characters. I’ve seen a few spinoff type stories since Hell Divers was published, so to me, those books are validation I was onto something new and cool. Thus the idea for Hell Divers was born, and the actual Hell Divers themselves. But rare are the stories focusing on life in stations orbiting earth or on airships in the sky. There were also quite a few of survivors living on the surface after a post-apocalyptic event.

There were a lot of stories about survivors in bunkers underground, with humanity unable to return to the surface. When I decided to write this story I wanted to do something different. Battling mutants or fighting for survival on a post-apocalyptic wasteland may not be unique to the genre, but the setting of the airship and the sky diving through the electrical storms is unique from what I’ve seen from reviewers.

HELLDIVERS BOOK 2 SERIES

The series follows characters called Hell Divers men and women that risk their life to dive through electrical storms back to the poisoned surface of the world where they scavenge for supplies to keep their airships in the sky. We have talked to Nicholas Sansbury Smith as his second book in the Hell Divers series, Ghosts is about to be published.įirst of all for those not familiar with your Hell Divers series can you tell us a bit about it? What do you feel makes it unique?”

Helldivers book 2