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Zone Zero
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ZONE ZERO
At three o’clock in the afternoon of July 8, the Western powers were due to explode a Hydrogen Bomb in a remote area of Southern Algeria—code named Zone Zero. The zone, of course, had to be evacuated. That was why many Legion staff officers disliked the plan.
Fort Ney was the smallest and loneliest outpost in the zone. It had always been a peaceful place—until the twelve travelers arrived. Then, with the time for the explosion drawing nearer, the outwitted garrison faced the uttermost limit of horror…
Here you will meet many human and vivid characters—such as the romantic young lieutenant who stole fifty thousand francs because of a worthless woman; the English legionnaire who tortured himself with the thought that he was a coward; the ridiculous little Creek who had within him the spark of greatness.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Robb is widely considered to have popularized the Foreign Legion story throughout the 1950s, and though a number of other authors subsequently set their tales of adventure in exotic locations and pitted their kepi-wearing heroes against all manner of villainous Arabs, nobody did it better. John Robb was a prolific writer whose ideas always sparked with originality, as witnessed in the tension-filled ZONE ZERO. He also wrote westerns and adventure yarns for younger audiences.
ZONE ZERO
At three o’clock in the afternoon of July 8, the Western powers were due to explode a Hydrogen Bomb in a remote area of Southern Algeria—code named Zone Zero. The zone, of course, had to be evacuated. That was why many Legion staff officers disliked the plan.
Fort Ney was the smallest and loneliest outpost in the zone. It had always been a peaceful place—until the twelve travelers arrived. Then, with the time for the explosion drawing nearer, the outwitted garrison faced the uttermost limit of horror…
Here you will meet many human and vivid characters—such as the romantic young lieutenant who stole fifty thousand francs because of a worthless woman; the English legionnaire who tortured himself with the thought that he was a coward; the ridiculous little Creek who had within him the spark of greatness.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Robb is widely considered to have popularized the Foreign Legion story throughout the 1950s, and though a number of other authors subsequently set their tales of adventure in exotic locations and pitted their kepi-wearing heroes against all manner of villainous Arabs, nobody did it better. John Robb was a prolific writer whose ideas always sparked with originality, as witnessed in the tension-filled ZONE ZERO. He also wrote westerns and adventure yarns for younger audiences.
256 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 1, 2014
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John Robb
110 books105 followersAuthor/Music Scribe/TV Presenter/Environmental Activist and Bass Player for perennial post-punk survivors The Membranes, John Robb is a man who cannot sit still. When he’s not touring with his band (they recently toured in Europe with The Stranglers, The Chameleons and Fields Of The Nephilim), he’s presenting, moderating or writing for his popular UK music site Louder Than War. John has previously written the best-selling books “Punk Rock : An Oral History” and “The North Will Rise Again : Manchester Music City 1976-1996”. His latest opus is the 550-page “The Art Of Darkness : The History of Goth”, an in-depth account that he feels presents the first major and comprehensive overview of Goth music and culture and its lasting legacy.
Starting with a night out in a Goth club, it then takes us on a deep-dive into the wider culture, exploring the social conditions that created ‘Goth’ in the post-punk period. It examines the fall of Rome, Lord Byron and the romantic poets, European folk tales, Gothic architecture and painters, the occult to modern-day Instagram influencers.
The book is built mainly around the 80s post-punk Goth period featuring interviews with Andrew Eldritch, Killing Joke, Bauhaus, The Cult, The Banshees, The Damned, Einstürzende Neubauten, Johnny Marr, Trent Reznor, Adam Ant, Laibach, The Cure, Nick Cave and many others. …it looks at the music, style and the political and social conditions that spawned the culture and the great music, fashions and attitudes - clubs that defined it, and is also a first-hand account of being there at some of the legendary gigs and clubs that made the scene happen...
Starting with a night out in a Goth club, it then takes us on a deep-dive into the wider culture, exploring the social conditions that created ‘Goth’ in the post-punk period. It examines the fall of Rome, Lord Byron and the romantic poets, European folk tales, Gothic architecture and painters, the occult to modern-day Instagram influencers.
The book is built mainly around the 80s post-punk Goth period featuring interviews with Andrew Eldritch, Killing Joke, Bauhaus, The Cult, The Banshees, The Damned, Einstürzende Neubauten, Johnny Marr, Trent Reznor, Adam Ant, Laibach, The Cure, Nick Cave and many others. …it looks at the music, style and the political and social conditions that spawned the culture and the great music, fashions and attitudes - clubs that defined it, and is also a first-hand account of being there at some of the legendary gigs and clubs that made the scene happen...
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August 16, 2021
Good characterization, well paced, enough drama and tension. French did not however ever test fusion weapons (H-bombs) in Algeria, nor has any bomb tested ever had a lethal blast radius of 25 miles. Fallout risk was also understated/ignored.
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