There's not much of a feel good factor in this tale but a riveting read nonetheless. The author's writing style creates a sense of urgency and impending doom that encourages "just another chapter" . I ended the book wondering, does the world truly exist every day with the possibility of a similar event occurring. The author assures us we're presently living in such a world and, certainly, it doesn't require a tremendous imagination given current world affairs. The book leads to a nuclear face-off, not from a typical escalation of an existing war, but by leaders playing political chess...frightening.
This series just got bumped to the top of my TBR list.
it’s Obvious the Author Knows Nothing About Nuclear War
This was one of the worse books I have ever read. Put this down now, don’t waste your time. The first “nuclear” strike is a 3 kiloton warhead? Man the bombs dropped on Japan in WW2 were 15 kilotons and 18 kilotons and warheads mounted on modern missions are much larger. He didn’t do even a little research. There is no real political lead up just a bunch of terrified leaders and all the talk about silence was like reading a movie on Mystery Science Fiction Theater 3000. Horrible writing, unrealistic story, and after trying my best to see if it ever gets better I’m checking out at chapter 4. If you are reading this before reading this travesty, run fast. If you are reading this after reading the book, I’m sorry you had to go through that. Yes, this book is that bad.
I found the writing style somewhat depressing frankly, not that you expect much humour either in an apocalyptic tale, and so…this a story of people, tested to destruction, of decisions taken with calamitous results, it’s not about technology, more about old and bitter divisions between cultures and ideology, well worth a read, just don’t expect to feel ‘great’ afterwards! 😳
Very thoughtful. Gripping and unable to put down. After seeing the world come to the brink once in my life, I can only hope this stays a work of fiction. Very much worth the read.
This book is truly terrifying. At least to me. To think our world is so close to becoming an empty radioactive think of rock is more than depressing. Paranoia, fear, jealousy, pride seem to all play a huge part in how our world works. None of these seem a constructive way to deal with each other. Is there hope? Who knows. Maybe
It’s completely believable. It’s completely something that could happen tomorrow. It could happen next week. It could happen next month, but it could really happen and it’s terrifying.