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A terrifying apocalyptic thriller from the one of the brightest stars of the genre...
'Chillingly plausible' DAILY TELEGRAPH
It seems to be a very normal Monday morning. But in the space of only a few days, the world's oil supplies have been severed and at a horrifying pace things begin to unravel everywhere. And this is no natural disaster: someone is behind this.
Jenny is stuck in Manchester, fighting desperately against the rising chaos to get back to London, where her children are marooned as events begin to spiral out of control: riots, raging fires, looting, rape and murder. In the space of a week, London is transformed into a lawless and anarchic vision of hell.
Jenny's estranged husband, oil engineer Andy Sutherland, is stranded in Iraq with a company of British soldiers, desperate to find a way home to his family, trapped as transport links and the very infrastructure of daily life begin to collapse around him.
And against all this, a mysterious man is tracking Andy's family. He'll silence anyone who might be able to reveal the identities of those behind this global disaster. It seems that the same people who now have a stranglehold on the future of civilisation have flexed their muscles before, at other significant tipping points in history, and they are prepared to do anything to keep their secret - and their power - safe.
A terrifying apocalyptic thriller from the one of the brightest stars of the genre...
'Chillingly plausible' DAILY TELEGRAPH
It seems to be a very normal Monday morning. But in the space of only a few days, the world's oil supplies have been severed and at a horrifying pace things begin to unravel everywhere. And this is no natural disaster: someone is behind this.
Jenny is stuck in Manchester, fighting desperately against the rising chaos to get back to London, where her children are marooned as events begin to spiral out of control: riots, raging fires, looting, rape and murder. In the space of a week, London is transformed into a lawless and anarchic vision of hell.
Jenny's estranged husband, oil engineer Andy Sutherland, is stranded in Iraq with a company of British soldiers, desperate to find a way home to his family, trapped as transport links and the very infrastructure of daily life begin to collapse around him.
And against all this, a mysterious man is tracking Andy's family. He'll silence anyone who might be able to reveal the identities of those behind this global disaster. It seems that the same people who now have a stranglehold on the future of civilisation have flexed their muscles before, at other significant tipping points in history, and they are prepared to do anything to keep their secret - and their power - safe.
Ratings and reviews
4.6
17 reviews
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October 3, 2011
I really appreciated this book. If you are into fiction centered around post-apocalyptic Britain (think "Children of Men", or "28 Days Later"), or you are even mildly interested about Peak Oil topics, you will surely enjoy this book as well.
I would have personally enjoyed the book more if it were more oriented toward realism than it currently is. I think the author accelerates a bit too much the serie of events describing the overall degradation of human behavior amidst the catastrophe for the sake of making the story more palatable, more 'action movie'. Also, I'd have preferred a plausible sociopolitical scenario to trigger the book events, rather than the usual "Bunch Of Evil Guys That Rule The World Without Anybody Knowing" (tm) plot, which deprives an otherwise well orchestrated plot of some credibility.
Still, opens the mind to a lot of thinking about the current energy situation and definitely encourages the reader to learn more about the topic. Go grab it.
lynda black
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April 21, 2019
Read this book years ago, still terrified! Not beyond the realms of possibility so have now become a prepper. Thanks for the warning!!
Dennis Juenger
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June 6, 2015
Yet another good book from this author. Makes you wana go to tesco's to buy some canned tuna 😋
About the author
Alex Scarrow lives a nomadic existence with his wife Frances and his son Jacob, their current home being Norwich. He spent the first ten years out of college in the music business chasing record deals and the next twelve years in the computer games industry. LAST LIGHT is his second novel.
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