Solar End: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller

by Phil Maxey

As the planes fall from the sky and the world burns, a young family and a stranger are thrown together, fighting to survive.

Attorney Evelyn Simmons had finally managed to get her life together after the divorce. A nice South Loop Chicago apartment was the prize for career advancement, and the pandemic was finally over. But she couldn't know what awaited her when she set out on a fine sunny morning.

Todd McKenzie knew the streets of Chicago. He had lived on them for some years and the skills he had acquired from his time in the military served him well, but even he wasn't prepared for what was about to hit the world.

165 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 30, 2022

Reviews

[Pam Shelton-Anderson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I struggled with this book. The science behind a premise has to make some sense, and i could not reconcile a major solar event that only affected people who had contracted a virus in a recent pandemic. That makes no sense. Neither did part of the event being that at night they became vampiric monsters. Neither did the inexplicable nukes that were not launched by anyone. I did kind of like Todd and his dog, Cash, and Cole had some potential, but the rest of the characters did not resonate well for me. There were also a lot of editing errors with punctuation, wrong words (shudder instead of shoulder) and awkward sentence construction. Oh and defcon 4 definitely does not mean a nuclear strike is imminent (that would be defcon 1). I don't plan to continue this series; it just did not sparkle for me.

[Andrea Payne · Rating 4 out of 5]

No spoilers.

I have absolutely no idea where the author's mind is. Like. SERIOUSLY. I almost gave this 3 stars. The beginning is forced and just doesn't flow. It's choppy and discombobulated. I almost quit reading several times. The middle of the book works better but by then you're getting in to a quickly shifting storyline where just as you start to get it, IT changes.

I would not recommend this book to most people. If you like crazy sci-fi ideas which are seemingly impossible and are based on science which (for me at least) doesn't make sense or seem improbable... Give it a shotl

[Grogan Norma · Rating 2 out of 5]

A good story line, but...

I would have given this book 4 or 5 stars, but unfortunately, like all Phil Maxey books I have seen, it has either not been edited or edited by someone that has no idea what they are doing. There are so many misspelled words, and totally wrong words that it looks to me that it was written with spell check on and then just left that way. That's sad as it could be a very good book.

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is excellent! What a scary, brilliant idea for the story line! Well written, it grabbed me from the first page & I sat & read it in one sitting! Riveting! A great fun solar, end of the world! A brilliant apocalyptic escape! I can't wait for the next part! I do strongly recommend!

[Penny Bowden · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good story, but

Good story but badly let down by proof reading - if that was even done. Punctuation poor, some sections were like bullet points rather than fleshed out as would be the norm in a story.

[Mary Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

What Next?

This seems like a new approach to dystopian stories. In this first book of the series I was left wondering when we would learn who the enemy present in the plot.

[Steve Filson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very fun read !

The virus you don't know..loved the dog...cash. Awaiting more of the exciting series.The end is near ???are you ready ???

[Alan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Good read

I really enjoyed this story from start to finish and I am looking forward to seeing what happens to Todd, Carl,Cole and co in the next book.

[Ann Ruple · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good story

Little different from some other books, my first time to read this author. Really enjoyed it up until the last half , but I will go to book #2.

[Elaine and Tess the Springer. I won’t be on GR for a bit. · Rating 5 out of 5]

An absolutely brilliant, riveting and compelling book. I totally recommend it.

[Shirley Bear · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book and the fast action. The scientific premise was a stretch but this is sci-fi. I think the book would benefit from a professional editor for both development and line editing.