The Last Survivor: Plague Ship

by Roger P. Myers, Albert E. Herbert

The world's most beautiful and exclusive passenger ship had made a successful maiden voyage from England to New York City. Amid columnsof press coverage she would carry 600 passengers and crew, destination, Cherbourg, France, then on the Southampton, England. Her passenger manifest listed some of the wealthiest and most famous personalities int he world. Five days later a Russian gtrawler found her floating listlessly in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. All aboard were dead. If the Russian ship had arrived several hours earlier, the officers would have learned the reason for this trageddy. For, at that time, there was one person alive aboard RMS WINDSOR, who knew what had happend. That person was the last survivor.

306 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 2010

Reviews

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one has it's pros and its cons. The plot has the most majestic ocean liner ever built crossing the Atlantic with the most exclusive passenger list ever. Billionaires, movie stars, politicians, etc. but no "average joes" allowed. Then a mysterious plague strikes the ship and people start dropping like flies, and this starts on the first day.

The story was a suspenseful page turner, but many of the characters seemed like cardboard cut outs without any depth. The characters all seemed like stereotypes with very little truly making them stand out. Of course, considering the way the story went there wasn't a whole lot of time for character development as things went bad so quickly.

The ending has a twist, one that I didn't see coming although I knew something was up, just not exactly how things would play out.

Overall it was worth the read, and if you like disaster stories such as The Poseidon Adventure I'm sure you'll enjoy this one. It's more trashy pulp fiction than literature, but still very fun.