Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Mother Grimm by Catherine Wells Mother Grimm by Catherine Wells. The story is set at the end of the twenty-first century. A virus, called "CM," has devastated the Earth's population since it appeared decades ago. The virus has a long incubation period of 15 to 20 years. Therefore, children can still live long enough to have more children, and so there are still people about. Before the plague took the worst of its toll, a group built a sealed "biodome" in the plains of New Mexico. There, people live lives of normal length, but even inside there are isolated cases of the virus. Consequently, people live with almost face-to-face contact, and in constant fear of becoming ill. The medical staff in the biodome has evolved into a privileged class that effectively runs the entire government. It is inside the biodome that we are introduced to Twila Grimm, a bright young woman who knows that she is unusual in some way. A fast- developing romance with a doctor leads her to learn that the Medical Authority is performing terribly unethical experiments on her in the attempt to find a cure. To stop these experiments, she flees outside the biodome. She encounters two very different indigenous populations outside, both of which seem more like caricatures of cultures than anything realistic. While outside, she schemes and plots of a way to bring the corrupt head of the biodome's Medical Authority to justice. The concept is interesting enough that it could almost compensate for the stilted writing and shallow characters. Unfortunately, the book has an even deeper flaw. Despite holding a day job managing a technology library for a large company, Wells apparently is not good at research. She has fundamental flaws in her understanding of virology, immunology, genetics, and computer networking. Therefore, I found my enjoyment of the story ruined by mistakes that a quick perusal of a freshman-level college textbook would have corrected. Since these subjects are fundamental to the plot, the whole story falls down as a completely unbelievable farce. If you know nothing about these subjects, you may still enjoy Mother Grimm despite its other faults. However, with the large number of excellent science fiction books out there, I suspect that most people would be happier spending their dollars elsewhere. James Seidman is a busy technology manager at a Fortune 500 company, who needs the excuse of doing book reviews to give himself time to read. He lives with his wife, daughter, two dogs, and twenty-seven fish in Naperville, Illinois. Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Books. See how BookTrackr lets you customize WWEnd to reflect YOUR reading history. BookTrackr highlights the books you've read, your favorites, what you're reading now and what you want to read next. Mother Grimm. This book does not appear to be part of a series. If this is incorrect, and you know the name of the series to which it belongs, please let us know. Synopsis. A young woman raised within the sterile limits of a Biodome longs to be free. taking her chances Outside, a place where the victims of a devastating virus dwell. But even greater dangers await Outside: the warring factions that have turned the once-beautiful mesas into a slaughterground, the Edgewalkers who tread a fine line between sanity and madness, and the astonishing truth about her own destiny, which may trigger the ultimate destruction of both worlds! Excerpt. No excerpt currently exists for this novel. Be the first to submit one! Reviews. There are currently no reviews for this novel. Be the first to submit one! You must be logged in to submit a review in the BookTrackr section above. Images. No alternate cover images currently exist for this novel. Be the first to submit one! Catherine Schade. Catherine raised Adalind. She can to visit her, on the eve of the unfolding of her plan, to get hold of Nick's key by bewitching Hank's partner. However after Adalind failed, and her powers stripped, she was merciless, insensitive, and unsympathetic, so she had no problems disowning her daughter. After Adalind cursed Juliet, Sean went to Catherine to try and find a cure, Catherine revealed despite disowning her, she was sorry for her daughters fate, and felt Nick had killed her rather than simply stripping of her powers. She also blamed Sean for some of the mistakes Adalind made. She managed to produce a way to wake Juliet up, and gave it Sean. Before she was attacked by Kelly Burkhart, demanding answers for Juliet's condition. The Hexinbiest refused to talk, only revealing there was a royal living in Portland. The two descended into a fight, at the fights peak Kelly accidentally threw Catherine into a giant mirror, impaling her neck and killing her. Kelly Burkhardt. Kelly Burkhardt (née Kessler) (1960-2015) was a Grimm, the sister of Marie Kessler, the widow of Reed Burkhardt, and the mother of Nick Burkhardt. She first appeared in "Woman in Black". Contents. Background [ edit | edit source ] Kelly the night Marie picked Nick up. Kelly was, along with her husband Reed, believed to have been killed by Soledad Marquesa in 1994 in Rhinebeck, New York. Her son, Nick, was taken in by her sister, Marie, soon before the accident occurred. After the accident, Marie told Nick that his parents had died in an auto accident. However, it was revealed in "Bad Teeth" that it wasn't her that had been in the crash, it was her good friend, Gina Serafini, who Reed was driving to the airport. She went on the run to further the belief that she had been killed. Appearances [ edit | edit source ] Season 1 [ edit | edit source ] "Woman in Black" [ edit | edit source ] A mysterious woman was seen in the shadows spying on Akira Kimura, the only surviving member of the four Schakals who were suspects in Kelly's murder and who had continued to search for the Coins of Zakynthos. Sergeant Wu and another officer tracking Kimura found her leaving his hotel room, from where she escaped after a brief fight with Sergeant Wu. She showed up again at Nick's house when Nick was fighting Kimura, who she incapacitated. She then turned to Nick and called him "Nicky," to which Nick replied, "Mom?" Season 2 [ edit | edit source ] "Bad Teeth" [ edit | edit source ] Kelly assisted Nick Burkhardt with his investigation into the attacks by the Mauvais Dentes. Nick took her to Marie's Trailer, which she told Nick that she and Marie bought when their father became ill. Kelly showed Nick the surviving page of one of the original Grimm Diaries and explained the history of the Grimms going back to the Fourth Crusade. Later, after Nick told her about the key, Kelly told him that someone in Portland knew who he was. When Nick received a telephone call about Marnassier from Special Agent Kanigher, Kelly accompanied her son to the lumber mill to assist in the confrontation. "The Kiss" [ edit | edit source ] Kelly helped Nick subdue Marnassier and struck the fatal blow with a knife in Marnassier's throat. She went to the hospital with Nick while he administered the potion prepared by Rosalee; she helped hold the medical staff at bay while Nick worked. Kelly later confronted Catherine Schade, who told her that she did not have anything to do with Adalind's plan, but Kelly persisted in terrorizing her and grabbed her neck. Catherine told Kelly there was a prince in Portland but refused to disclose his name. Kelly and Catherine fought, and Kelly threw her into a mirror, causing one of the broken pieces of glass to slice Catherine's neck, which killed her before Kelly could learn the identity of the prince. Realizing that things had become too dangerous for her in Portland, as she had now murdered too many people, Kelly took the Coins of Zakynthos, apparently with the goal of returning them to the island and destroying them. After a tearful goodbye, Nick took Kelly to Union Station so she could take a train out of Portland. Once Nick drove away, she did not go inside the station. Instead, she stole a car by using a slim-jim to unlock the door. Season 3 [ edit | edit source ] "Synchronicity" [ edit | edit source ] Kelly was hired by the Laufer to facilitate the exit of Adalind Schade and her baby from Europe. She arrived at the meeting place early enough to see agents of the Verrat arrive. Once she was sure that the Verrat were after Adalind and her baby, she killed four of them. On the aircraft she checked the box of supplies and realized that they were headed for Brazil. She told the pilot that since the Verrat were waiting at the pick-up point, they would likely be at the landing site and changed the landing site to near Portland. On the ground in Portland, she stole a truck and took herself, Adalind, and the baby to Nick and Juliette's home for safety. When she arrived, Nick told her about his and Juliette's history with Adalind and reminded her that she had killed Adalind's mother. When Adalind left Nick and Juliette's home, Kelly went with Nick to Sean Renard's home to find Adalind. "The Law of Sacrifice" [ edit | edit source ] Kelly saw Weston Steward arrive to Renard's condo building and followed him in. She watched and listened in as Weston showed a picture of Adalind to the building guard at the front desk and asked if he had seen her in the building recently.