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End Time
Tyler O’Reilly is a dead normal guy eking out a living servicing international production companies shooting their TV commercials in Cape Town. Driving home one lazy summer afternoon he witnesses the attempted murder of a pretty girl. The girl, Libby Garvey, is an undercover agent. She has stolen encoded DVDs that detail the operational plan to assassinate the Presidents of the United States and South Africa and overthrow the governments of both countries. He intervenes to help the wounded girl.So begins the nightmare as O’Reilly and Garvey are sucked into a netherworld where two sociopathic secret organizations, working in tandem, pursue with utter ruthlessness an agenda that will lead to total geo-political power and control of the global financial system.Their machinations trigger a series of terrifying unforeseen consequences. As the story builds towards an apocalyptic end this man and woman brought together by Destiny become the means to prevent to the total extinction of Mankind as a species on planet Earth
- GenresThriller
515 pages, Paperback
First published April 16, 2012
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June 7, 2012
Mac Carthy’s novel has to be one of the most exciting new reads this year, with an utterly gripping plot that will give you Goosebumps. It is a most original and thrilling tale about two different sociopathic organizations who intend to pursue the same path, that leads to geo-political power and control over the global financial system. A most unexpected twist lies in store for the main characters and that is on such an epic scale as to shock and overwhelm; regarding mankind as an entire species on planet Earth. The storyline is one that attracts your interest immediately with its detail and most fascinating & distinctive characters, which draw you into the world that Carthy has created where each piece of the puzzle begins to fall into place after each read page. What I did not anticipate was the immense scale in which the story increases and how it takes the level of drama to new heights that blow you away. I was sat perched on the edge of my seat with chills running down my spine, with the unfolding consequences that were taking place within my mind. It was as if I was being transported within the book, thus being able to visualize so clearly the rapidly unfolding events. What was so astonishing was how you began to read about an attempted murder of a young girl, which transpired into something more as hidden secrets and mystery unfolded that related to something on a very large scale that was totally unexpected; this being the attempted assassination of the presidents of the United States. Once introduced to such interesting characters, the storyline then gets even better with more secrets being uncovered and such a dense plot as to ‘really get your teeth stuck into’. Finishing on a most spectacular conclusion, I had been completely mesmerized from beginning to end by the most imaginative and creative novel that I have had the pleasure of reading this year and one which is now well & truly etched within my mind. Here is an author whom really excites me with such a work that exceeded all expectations, of such a high standard that deeply astonished me. It was so thought-provoking, chilling, quite scary and one that gets you thinking very deeply to a point of restlessness and I was certainly keen once I had read a few chapters to finish it. Being truth-drawing an quite sinister, it almost makes you at times re-evaluate and reflect upon matters regarding mankind and creation as a whole with ‘life’ in general at the very core. This novel was truly spectacular and one in which I left my soul in, after creating such an impact on a wide scale and also personal level.
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July 3, 2012"END TIME WILL HOOK YOU FROM PAGE I. CONSPIRACY THEORISTS WILL LOVE IT"
When Tyler O’ Reilly is driving home to Kalk Bay and sees the attempted murder of secret agent, Libby Garvey, near Muizenberg Railway Station, little does he know he will become embroiled in a scheme to assassinate Jacob Zuma and Barack Obama, the Presidents of South Africa and America, on December 16, which will usher in a brave new world.
That’s the bare bones of a story that has come straight from newspaper headlines: it has it all: sex, violence, paedophilia, elements of Alfred Hitchcock, murder, the death of Osama bin Laden (was he really killed in Pakistan, or was it his twin brother?), betrayal, a madman locked up in Valkenberg who thinks he’s John the Baptist, shades of the Illuminati and the Broederbond.
Pulling the strings is Brett Daniel Chesterfield, a professor at Yale University, who, along with the Binnekring, doesn’t like the way the world is running and sets out to engineer its collapse, through his organisation, The Order.
The Binnekring has developed the "Magic Bullet", a flea which transmits a deadly disease that targets only blacks. Chesterfield is a powerful man and he has selected the world’s brightest minds to be part of the new government, and his bastard son Franklin Pierce is going to be president.
He establishes his own army run by a Christian fundamentalist, Jak Earl. The war chest for the operation is being funded by a drug cartel run by Juan Miguel, an American Indian, who supports Chesterfield’s dream. A believer is economist Paul Adams, who causes the almighty dollar to go into free fall.
The key to it all are the encrypted DVDs that Garvey stole and the reason why the Binnekring tried to kill her. The DVDs describe the operation in detail – but the problem is that only one person has the One Time Pad (OPD), the encryptor, that will unlock the secret.
Will Wilson Malandela and his team of agents find him before the assassination attempt at the Union Buildings? Will O’Reilly and Garvey save the day?
End Time needs some severe editing and the typeface is too small. The characters are stereotypes: the Afrikaners are bullies, the Jews are good business people, Muslims are bombers, the Christians are Waspish and the dialogue is often trite and twee.
However, despite these shortcomings, End Time will hook you from page 1.
Conspiracy theorists will love it.
Brian Joss, News and Books Editor of the Cape Community Newspapers
When Tyler O’ Reilly is driving home to Kalk Bay and sees the attempted murder of secret agent, Libby Garvey, near Muizenberg Railway Station, little does he know he will become embroiled in a scheme to assassinate Jacob Zuma and Barack Obama, the Presidents of South Africa and America, on December 16, which will usher in a brave new world.
That’s the bare bones of a story that has come straight from newspaper headlines: it has it all: sex, violence, paedophilia, elements of Alfred Hitchcock, murder, the death of Osama bin Laden (was he really killed in Pakistan, or was it his twin brother?), betrayal, a madman locked up in Valkenberg who thinks he’s John the Baptist, shades of the Illuminati and the Broederbond.
Pulling the strings is Brett Daniel Chesterfield, a professor at Yale University, who, along with the Binnekring, doesn’t like the way the world is running and sets out to engineer its collapse, through his organisation, The Order.
The Binnekring has developed the "Magic Bullet", a flea which transmits a deadly disease that targets only blacks. Chesterfield is a powerful man and he has selected the world’s brightest minds to be part of the new government, and his bastard son Franklin Pierce is going to be president.
He establishes his own army run by a Christian fundamentalist, Jak Earl. The war chest for the operation is being funded by a drug cartel run by Juan Miguel, an American Indian, who supports Chesterfield’s dream. A believer is economist Paul Adams, who causes the almighty dollar to go into free fall.
The key to it all are the encrypted DVDs that Garvey stole and the reason why the Binnekring tried to kill her. The DVDs describe the operation in detail – but the problem is that only one person has the One Time Pad (OPD), the encryptor, that will unlock the secret.
Will Wilson Malandela and his team of agents find him before the assassination attempt at the Union Buildings? Will O’Reilly and Garvey save the day?
End Time needs some severe editing and the typeface is too small. The characters are stereotypes: the Afrikaners are bullies, the Jews are good business people, Muslims are bombers, the Christians are Waspish and the dialogue is often trite and twee.
However, despite these shortcomings, End Time will hook you from page 1.
Conspiracy theorists will love it.
Brian Joss, News and Books Editor of the Cape Community Newspapers
June 27, 2012
I received this book for free through GoodReads First Reads. I read the summary of this book and knew I had to read it! I absolutely loved it, and I can not fault it all. The plot will leaving you hanging on the edge of your seat (or bed as I always read in bed, lol). The characters are so well developed. I felt as if I was actually part of the story. I would recommend this book to anyone no matter what genre you like. You won't be disappointed.
November 17, 2012
Won this book from Good Reads and I loved it! The story is hooking and the characters are so well developed. It's one of those books that makes you want to read it all at one go! Way to go!
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