Contingency

by Michael Robertson

Eleanor a passé trop de temps à faire passer les autres avant elle.

Elle a contré les plans de secours de la Dame d’Acier. Aidé à détruire ses réserves de munitions. Libéré les prisonniers du char. Elle a même enterré les machines censées se soulever si la population de gardes tombait sous les vingt-cinq pour cent.

Maintenant, enfin, Eleanor peut faire ce qu’elle désire le plus.

Elle va sortir Matthew de ce satané silo.

Et cette fois, rien ne l’arrêtera.

Pendant ce temps, Olga, Gracie, Kira et Rufus sont sur le chemin du retour après avoir fait s’élever la tour Icarus qui a ouvert les portes de la Cité étincelante. Mais ils ont encore un long chemin à parcourir dans un monde qui a tant changé qu’ils le reconnaissent à peine.

William et Matilda ont déjà perdu trop de choses, mais ils ont encore l’un l’autre. Aux côtés de Star, ils aident à mener une armée dans la ville avec un seul objectif : trouver la Dame d’Acier et mettre fin à son régime une fois pour toutes.

Le voyage a été long. Après tout ce qu’ils ont enduré, la promesse de la paix se trouve quelque part à l’intérieur des murs de la Cité étincelante.

Mais avant cela, ils doivent survivre à ce qui les attend là-bas.

Eleanor parviendra-t-elle à rejoindre Matthew avant qu’il ne soit trop tard ?

Olga et ses amis parviendront-ils à retrouver les autres ?

Et William, Matilda et leur armée pourront-ils enfin faire tomber la Dame d’Acier ?

Contingency est le vingt-troisième tome explosif de la saga Beyond These Walls — un thriller post-apocalyptique implacable.

254 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 10, 2026

About the author

Michael Robertson is an author and blogger. He has had several short stories published, including one with HarperCollins. He is the author of Crash - http://michaelrobertson.co.uk/crash--...

You can connect with Michael on Twitter at @MicRobertson, Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MichaelRober... and you can also contact him through his website at www.michaelrobertson.co.uk

Reviews

[Julie Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was another great instalment of the post-apocalyptic thriller that sees different groups desperately trying to fulfil their objectives.

I liked the way each group related, each with distinctive personalities, strengths and weaknesses. They may be young but are definitely tough. Enemies surround them, but are enemies within, too?

Action-packed, this story has tension and suspense with characters that suited the plot. There are some horrendous scenes, which demonstrated the cruelty of the regime.

I can only guess at what will happen next.

Engaging throughout.

Highly recommended.

[Edwin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ik dacht dat het laatste hoofdstuk een 'epiloog' was, dus dat de serie misschien wel afgelopen zou zijn. Niet dus...

Deze serie begint inmiddels behoorlijk dood te lopen; we zijn inmiddels 23 delen verder en nog steeds is er geen eind in zicht. Het begin van de reeks was erg veelbelovend, maar zo langzamerhand krijg ik het sterke gevoel dat het verhaal wordt uitgemolken. Waarom moeten we steeds weer hetzelfde horen over de 'zieken' die een gevaar vormen? Bovendien wordt er wel erg gemakkelijk iemand gedood in naam van de bevrijding.

Ik ben inmiddels vooral benieuwd hoe ver de auteur deze serie — die qua plot gemakkelijk in 4 of 5 boeken had gekund — nog weet te rekken.

[Lana · Rating 5 out of 5]

We are on book 23 of this survival post apocalyptic thriller, and the tension is running high, as all the survivors are making a dash to get out of the steel city. Our friends are all over the place, Eleanor is trying to get back into the silo to free Matthew who she had lost contact with so didn't know if he was still alive. Lianna was still bradcasting her countdown from twenty six and she was eliminating all those targetted. Olga and Gracie were traveling onward in their tank with Kira and Rufus, and ended up burying Kira who they thought had been the bravest of them all. Hawk meanwhile being the only immune, was moving amongst the diseased doing what needed to be done. Whilst William, Matilda, Star and many of the ex-guards were also traveling together, however somehow someone decided Star was not to be trusted, and Olga swore she would get to William's group to warn them before he would get them killed. The machine's were uprising, and Eleanor in her bid to free Matthew missed making sure they would be stopped, not once but twice and it seems as though her inability to focus on saving their mission rather than one person would come back to bite them all in the arse! So much going on in this book, and it seems the tension will just keep on rising until the steel bitch is decapacitated! Can they bring down the tyrant?

[Mick Guy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fantastic read

Just finished book 23, what a fantastic read, can’t wait for the next one. What a great author, hope we don’t have to wait to long 🤞
If you haven’t started to read the Beyond These Walls books you are in for a treat, I’ve enjoyed them all and when the series of books does come to an end I’m going to binge read them all again, they are that good. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏✍️

[Ron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tense and thrilling addition to this great series.
Multiple storylines keep the tension and adventures flowing. A real page turner just couldn't put it down. Read it in one day you can always depend on Michael's stories to keep you gripped. Definitely recommend

[Robin Halbach · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great book

This series is not what I usually read. I almost quit, but I'm so glad I kept reading. Contingency does not disappoint. I just wish I didn't have to wait for the rest.

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another exciting part to this well paced & written post apocalyptic series! More madness & mayhem, lots of action & violence, I do recommend for people that like non stop action! A good fun read!