Over four centuries ago, a prophetic physician named Nostradamus predicted the third and most terrible Anti-Christ. He
Out of the country of Greater Arabia Shall be born a strong master of Mohammed... He will enter Europe wearing a blue turban. He will be the terror of mankind. Never more horror.
June 6th was a picture-perfect day in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Lynette Frichette went to work at THE GAZETTE. Her daughter Dawn caught the bus to Billy Mitchell High School, and her husband Jim drove nails into the walls of the home he was building on Silent Rain Drive. From the Middle East, Ayatollah Amad al-Din Kajar unleashes a nuclear nightmare that will change their lives forever. Beneath the Arizona desert, an American scientist conducts a grisly experiment that may mean the survival of the human race.
Chilling, sobering, and all too real. Those words came to mind while I read Kelly Marshall's PHOENIX.
On a sunny June day in Colorado Springs, the lives of Lynette Frichette and her family, along with all other Americans, are changed by the actions of one man in the Middle East -- a madman who unleashes a nuclear attack on the United States. Marshall's book tells the story of the aftermath of that assault through the eyes of Lynette. Lack of food and water, the threat of marauding gangs, no transportation or communication, radiation sickness -- all these issues and more are addressed in this riveting tale of human survival. Marshall's take on this scary situation is original, believable, and often gritty. However, without giving away the ending, I will say that although the story is grim, there is a glimmer of hope for mankind.
I definitely recommend this book to readers who enjoy a riveting story.