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Kato's War #3
The Extinction Switch
Young Kassandra Nishimura is an heiress to trillions of dollars. While she is relaxing with friends, six billion people are instantly exterminated on the other side of the planet. Seung Yi, a despot thought to be long dead, is back. Through the use of a self-replicating artificial virus called the extinction switch, he will wipe out all life on Earth unless humanity cedes the entire planet Mars, with all its cities, to him within six months.
Kassandra’s grandfather Kato, Seung Yi's arch rival, must successfully launch a counterattack before the clock runs out. This will require a weapon of unprecedented size. Meanwhile, society disintegrates around Kassandra and friends, who are now trapped on Earth. Kassandra falls from the very top of society to being a starving refugee. She and her friends take refuge deep beneath a city. Even that becomes a bloody battle for survival, as the remnants of humanity start fighting each other. But, something awakens in Kasssandra's soul. She was always meant to be more than a rich party girl. Can Kassandra find her true calling, and can Seung Yi be stopped before it's too late?
Kassandra’s grandfather Kato, Seung Yi's arch rival, must successfully launch a counterattack before the clock runs out. This will require a weapon of unprecedented size. Meanwhile, society disintegrates around Kassandra and friends, who are now trapped on Earth. Kassandra falls from the very top of society to being a starving refugee. She and her friends take refuge deep beneath a city. Even that becomes a bloody battle for survival, as the remnants of humanity start fighting each other. But, something awakens in Kasssandra's soul. She was always meant to be more than a rich party girl. Can Kassandra find her true calling, and can Seung Yi be stopped before it's too late?
234 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 17, 2016
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August 30, 2016
A copy was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
this is now the third book in the series. I really enjoyed the first 2 books, and what can i say about that one now?
Great sci-fi to read.
The young people are growing up but to survive they have to life underground, in an society you never would and could imagine. Andrew Broderick's imagination is going wild. He describes exactly how they life underground.
Well, i don't like saying more to spoil it, to get his writing and thinking, you really have to get the book and read it.
It's amazing.
this is now the third book in the series. I really enjoyed the first 2 books, and what can i say about that one now?
Great sci-fi to read.
The young people are growing up but to survive they have to life underground, in an society you never would and could imagine. Andrew Broderick's imagination is going wild. He describes exactly how they life underground.
Well, i don't like saying more to spoil it, to get his writing and thinking, you really have to get the book and read it.
It's amazing.
October 31, 2017
Enjoyable
Wonderful Science Fiction Adventure. While I felt it started out slow it really sprang to life about 1/4 into the story. There were many twists in the tale and this made the book well worth reading. The only reason that I did not give it a five is because there were so many errors in the writing that should have and could have been corrected simply by using spell and grammar check. I am usually not critical of this, but there were a lot. I hope Mathew continues to write and improves his abilities to produce great stories.
Wonderful Science Fiction Adventure. While I felt it started out slow it really sprang to life about 1/4 into the story. There were many twists in the tale and this made the book well worth reading. The only reason that I did not give it a five is because there were so many errors in the writing that should have and could have been corrected simply by using spell and grammar check. I am usually not critical of this, but there were a lot. I hope Mathew continues to write and improves his abilities to produce great stories.
October 9, 2017
Lost its way sometime
First let me say that I liked the book. My only complaint would be that the story seem to lose itself at times. Maybe there was a book before this that I missed. I am glad I took the time to read this.
First let me say that I liked the book. My only complaint would be that the story seem to lose itself at times. Maybe there was a book before this that I missed. I am glad I took the time to read this.
June 30, 2017
Action packed
I enjoyed the fresh ideas of the dystopian culture and post apocalypse (or semi-apocalypse anyway). I'm looking forward to reading other work by Broderick.
I enjoyed the fresh ideas of the dystopian culture and post apocalypse (or semi-apocalypse anyway). I'm looking forward to reading other work by Broderick.
July 22, 2020
Well written great characters an interesting story it is a book I would highly recommend.
November 19, 2016
I just finished "The Extinction Switch" by Andrew Broderick...It was great! I've also read and immensely enjoyed the first two books in this series, "Zara's Flight" and "Kato's War". The most disappointing line in this book is on the last page, "... Kato's War is now over...". While I love good endings, where everything is resolved, I want this experience to continue. There are so many excellent characters that we've come to know, whose personalities lend themselves to special interest, as well as a situation that begs for more observation.
And what a situation; a despot has used his replicating virus (I.e. The Extinction Switch) to kill off (almost) everyone in South America and Europe as a warning that he will kill everyone on Earth in six months if the entire Planet of Mars, [with all the cities and industry existing in the 25th Century] are not turned over to him. You can only imagine the anarchy that breaks out on Earth (and Mars) when a virtual Death Sentence has been issued for the entire population; already over 13 Billion have been exterminated.
Even if this horrific plot is spoiled, the conditions on Earth have become "Survival-of-the-fittest", actually the baddest, meanest, best armed, etc, gangs that have formed.
The Science and Physics involved are so casually dealt with that the reader jut accepts them as common-place facts. Two of the most incredible pieces of technology are MCT - Matter Creation Technology and NBH - Nutritionally Balanced Homogenate. The first, MCT, is kind of like an advanced 3D Printer that uses sort-of free ranging molecules as raw material and can produce (Create) almost anything. The second, NBH, is "...kind of a nutritional goo that's piped straight into "the machine" and can make almost any meal from it." These things seem astonishing but they're a short extension from what scientists are working on today.
When I worked (for a salary) I always enjoyed presentations that addressed short and longer term projections. I suspect this is why I enjoy Sci-Fi so much; and when it's presented in a great story form, as Andrew Broderick has with this series, I couldn't imagine a better way to entice me and other "Futuristic Junkies". I always thought James Michener was a great history teacher. Like Michener, Andrew Broderich teaches history also, only in reverse.
Review by: THE HOLEY ONE
And what a situation; a despot has used his replicating virus (I.e. The Extinction Switch) to kill off (almost) everyone in South America and Europe as a warning that he will kill everyone on Earth in six months if the entire Planet of Mars, [with all the cities and industry existing in the 25th Century] are not turned over to him. You can only imagine the anarchy that breaks out on Earth (and Mars) when a virtual Death Sentence has been issued for the entire population; already over 13 Billion have been exterminated.
Even if this horrific plot is spoiled, the conditions on Earth have become "Survival-of-the-fittest", actually the baddest, meanest, best armed, etc, gangs that have formed.
The Science and Physics involved are so casually dealt with that the reader jut accepts them as common-place facts. Two of the most incredible pieces of technology are MCT - Matter Creation Technology and NBH - Nutritionally Balanced Homogenate. The first, MCT, is kind of like an advanced 3D Printer that uses sort-of free ranging molecules as raw material and can produce (Create) almost anything. The second, NBH, is "...kind of a nutritional goo that's piped straight into "the machine" and can make almost any meal from it." These things seem astonishing but they're a short extension from what scientists are working on today.
When I worked (for a salary) I always enjoyed presentations that addressed short and longer term projections. I suspect this is why I enjoy Sci-Fi so much; and when it's presented in a great story form, as Andrew Broderick has with this series, I couldn't imagine a better way to entice me and other "Futuristic Junkies". I always thought James Michener was a great history teacher. Like Michener, Andrew Broderich teaches history also, only in reverse.
Review by: THE HOLEY ONE
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