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Primal Shift: Part 1
It's July the Fourth, and Americans have slowed down long enough to celebrate their independence - and the day off. But a thousand motorists suddenly abandon their cars on the Golden Gate Bridge and leap to their deaths in a roiling bay. Jets packed with families rain down from the skies above Salt Lake City International Airport, dotting the landscape with orange fireballs. Worse yet, New York City police launch a murderous rampage against those they swore to protect and serve.
Law and order across the globe collapses in less than five minutes, plunging humanity into chaos.
Something is affecting our minds, our sanity. Could it be a terrorist attack? The ultimate virus? Or an experiment gone horribly wrong?
A handful of survivors claws its way out of the ashes of the old world, strangely unaffected by The Shift. Among them, a frantic mother desperate to find her son. A sailor hunting a soulless killer. A former CEO willing to kill for power over this new, feral wasteland.
Together, they'll battle both the hordes of bloodthirsty cannibals who used to be their own families and neighbors, and a dark figure who commands these legions with his every twisted whim.
Someone somewhere must know what happened, where to find safety. And whether those eerie lights shimmering in the skies overhead are an omen of something far worse than even this bleak living hell.
Law and order across the globe collapses in less than five minutes, plunging humanity into chaos.
Something is affecting our minds, our sanity. Could it be a terrorist attack? The ultimate virus? Or an experiment gone horribly wrong?
A handful of survivors claws its way out of the ashes of the old world, strangely unaffected by The Shift. Among them, a frantic mother desperate to find her son. A sailor hunting a soulless killer. A former CEO willing to kill for power over this new, feral wasteland.
Together, they'll battle both the hordes of bloodthirsty cannibals who used to be their own families and neighbors, and a dark figure who commands these legions with his every twisted whim.
Someone somewhere must know what happened, where to find safety. And whether those eerie lights shimmering in the skies overhead are an omen of something far worse than even this bleak living hell.
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August 11, 2016
-Otro tipo de circunstancias que provocan el típico post-apocalipsis.-
Género. Novela corta.
Lo que nos cuenta. Una repentina inversión de los polos magnéticos terrestres durante el verano de 2017 provoca el caos absoluto y alteraciones en las mentes de muchos de los supervivientes. Entre otros personajes, conoceremos a un hombre que despierta sin memoria en una extraña instalación científica en un lugar desconocido con el número 92574301 en la palma de su mano y que piensa que tal vez pueda llamarse Finn, una mujer en el cuerpo de guardacostas de San Francisco que no puede comprender el repentino comportamiento de muchas personas, a una familia a la que el fenómeno sorprende en Salt Lake City durante el despegue del avión en el que viajan y al responsable de un empresa piramidal cuyo producto es más que engañoso y que podría hacer frente a cargos legales. Primer libro de la serie Primal Shift.
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Género. Novela corta.
Lo que nos cuenta. Una repentina inversión de los polos magnéticos terrestres durante el verano de 2017 provoca el caos absoluto y alteraciones en las mentes de muchos de los supervivientes. Entre otros personajes, conoceremos a un hombre que despierta sin memoria en una extraña instalación científica en un lugar desconocido con el número 92574301 en la palma de su mano y que piensa que tal vez pueda llamarse Finn, una mujer en el cuerpo de guardacostas de San Francisco que no puede comprender el repentino comportamiento de muchas personas, a una familia a la que el fenómeno sorprende en Salt Lake City durante el despegue del avión en el que viajan y al responsable de un empresa piramidal cuyo producto es más que engañoso y que podría hacer frente a cargos legales. Primer libro de la serie Primal Shift.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
http://librosdeolethros.blogspot.com/...
March 17, 2013
Primal Shift Episode One by Griffin Hayes is quite simply, indescribably good.
I love the apocalypse. I love post-apocalyptic fiction. I love the way it kicks your mind into gear and makes you wonder what I would do if I were in that situation. That said, I had never imagined an apocalypse quite like Griffin Hayes' reimagining of it. In this scenario, survival of the fittest doesn't really help you. Being one of those people with a fall out shelter and provisions for the next fifty years could well do nothing at all for you. Because if all the survival skills you've acquired from birth to now are wiped from your memory, you won't even know how to get through the door to the things behind it.
Hayes creates a mixed bag of characters in the first installment of this intriguing serial. Some are intriguing, some are endearing, some you'll want to punch in the face and gasp at their vileness. Putting it all together works fabulously, as does the split perspective from each of them. I'm excited to see what happens to them and if their paths will cross sometime in the future!
I can hardly wait to see where Hayes takes this next!
I love the apocalypse. I love post-apocalyptic fiction. I love the way it kicks your mind into gear and makes you wonder what I would do if I were in that situation. That said, I had never imagined an apocalypse quite like Griffin Hayes' reimagining of it. In this scenario, survival of the fittest doesn't really help you. Being one of those people with a fall out shelter and provisions for the next fifty years could well do nothing at all for you. Because if all the survival skills you've acquired from birth to now are wiped from your memory, you won't even know how to get through the door to the things behind it.
Hayes creates a mixed bag of characters in the first installment of this intriguing serial. Some are intriguing, some are endearing, some you'll want to punch in the face and gasp at their vileness. Putting it all together works fabulously, as does the split perspective from each of them. I'm excited to see what happens to them and if their paths will cross sometime in the future!
I can hardly wait to see where Hayes takes this next!
March 16, 2013
Review of Primal Shift by Griffin Hayes
I was really excited to see a new offering by Griffin Hayes, one of my top favourite authors, and this seems to be a new direction. With an incredibly effective reader’s hook, Mr. Hayes has the story—this one to be in episodic format—off and running. Over many decades of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic reading, I’ve often pondered that personal “what if”—what would I do if IT happened, could I survive, and how. I have never tried to consider what an apocalypse that destroyed my ability to read and communicate would be like—never until now.
Mr. Hayes offers up several different plot threads here, starring divergent characters (some of whom, like Dana, and Carole and her children and Alice, are very likable; some, like Nutrilife CEO Larry, are basically jerks; and then there’s the very mysterious “Finn” (mysterious even to himself).
“Primal Shift” is an easy one-sitting read and difficult to put down. I know it’s going to linger in my mind while I await the next episode, and I’ll be staring out my windows, watching for those enigmatic lights in the sky.
I was really excited to see a new offering by Griffin Hayes, one of my top favourite authors, and this seems to be a new direction. With an incredibly effective reader’s hook, Mr. Hayes has the story—this one to be in episodic format—off and running. Over many decades of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic reading, I’ve often pondered that personal “what if”—what would I do if IT happened, could I survive, and how. I have never tried to consider what an apocalypse that destroyed my ability to read and communicate would be like—never until now.
Mr. Hayes offers up several different plot threads here, starring divergent characters (some of whom, like Dana, and Carole and her children and Alice, are very likable; some, like Nutrilife CEO Larry, are basically jerks; and then there’s the very mysterious “Finn” (mysterious even to himself).
“Primal Shift” is an easy one-sitting read and difficult to put down. I know it’s going to linger in my mind while I await the next episode, and I’ll be staring out my windows, watching for those enigmatic lights in the sky.
April 22, 2013
I got this book as a gift and was happy to have read it. This book was great. It was refreshing in its genre and different than any book I have read about the apocalypse. It had me at the edge of my seat, biting my nails anticipating to turn the page to see what's next. I especially like the way the book was written, it's introducing the characters and what they have experienced in this world wide phenomenon that has suddenly happened. Its an easy read, a real page turner, a cannot put down book. The only bad thing was that the story ended.
I have to find out who or what is Flinn, one of the characters from the book. I won't spoil it for you, your just going to have to read it for yourself. I really did enjoy this book and the characters in it and can't wait to get part two!! I want to say BRAVO! BRAVO! to the author, keep up the good work.
I have to find out who or what is Flinn, one of the characters from the book. I won't spoil it for you, your just going to have to read it for yourself. I really did enjoy this book and the characters in it and can't wait to get part two!! I want to say BRAVO! BRAVO! to the author, keep up the good work.
April 8, 2013
In a similar style to the superb Yesterday's Gone: Season One series by Sean Platt and David Wright, Hayes has started an episodic post-apocalyptic series.
The set up is very similar to Platt and Wright's series, where we are introduced to differing characters from across the United States and how they initially cope with the events that are occurring around them. As such, I felt very at ease with the set-up and I like the use of releasing the story in parts as it entices you to read further to find out what happens (good marketing trick that, especially if done correct, as is the case here).
I enjoy Hayes' writing and have read a couple of his short stories before buying this one after a recommendation. I tought this introduction to his new series was very good and I look forward to reading the rest and find out where Hayes will take it.
The set up is very similar to Platt and Wright's series, where we are introduced to differing characters from across the United States and how they initially cope with the events that are occurring around them. As such, I felt very at ease with the set-up and I like the use of releasing the story in parts as it entices you to read further to find out what happens (good marketing trick that, especially if done correct, as is the case here).
I enjoy Hayes' writing and have read a couple of his short stories before buying this one after a recommendation. I tought this introduction to his new series was very good and I look forward to reading the rest and find out where Hayes will take it.
May 23, 2014
This story is merely an appetizer. While well written it is rather drawn out for the little information it presents. To summarize: something happens, sky gets multicolored, there is an earthquake, people begin acting primal, society degrades to savagery, and it ends. You have three different story lines describing the same basic thing. A bit more substance and less repetition would have increased the enjoyment. I suspect the substance is in book 2, the non-free download.
December 26, 2013
I found this whole book really interesting. It’s a plot I’ve never read or heard of before. You meet all the characters and see how they experience the ‘lights and earthquake’. It wasn’t confusing and each character had a great depth.
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April 7, 2015
perhaps
Not quite sure yet. The beginning was a bit difficult as each set of characters were introduced. I'm not sure about continuing. But I am interested in seeing what it's about
Not quite sure yet. The beginning was a bit difficult as each set of characters were introduced. I'm not sure about continuing. But I am interested in seeing what it's about
January 30, 2014
I liked this a lot. I can't wait to delve into the next episode!
November 4, 2014
An interesting premise for this story, but one that has a more negative focus than I enjoy. The end of the first book sets up the beginning for the second quite well.
June 15, 2013
easy read but way to short :(
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