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Afterlight

Author: Alex Scarrow  

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Civilisation is gone. Where does humanity go from here...'

Civilisation is gone. Where does humanity go from here...?

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Civilisation is gone. Where does humanity go from here...'

Civilisation is gone. Where does humanity go from here...?

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Description

The world lies devastated after the massive oil crisis that was described in LAST LIGHT. Human society has more or less entirely broken down and millions lie dead of starvation or disease. There are only one or two beacon communities that have managed to fashion a new way of living.

Jenny Sutherland runs one of these groups. Based on a series of decaying offshore oil rigs - for safety - a few hundred people have rebuilt a semblance of normality in this otherwise dead world.

But as Jenny and her people explore their surroundings once again, they start to realise not every survivor has the same vision of a better future than their catastrophic past. There are people out there who would take everything they have. War is coming and the stakes are truly massive...

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Critic Reviews

“'An entertaining and well paced thriller'”

An entertaining and well paced thriller BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH
A bleak, chilling vision of the furture that ends, finally, on a note of flickering optimism. THE PRESS

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About the Author

Alex Scarrow lives a nomadic existence with his wife Frances and his son Jacob, their current home being Norwich. He spent the first 10 years out of college in the music business chasing record deals and the next 12 years in the computer games industry.

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The world lies devastated after the massive oil crisis that was described in LAST LIGHT. Human society has more or less entirely broken down and millions lie dead of starvation or disease. There are only one or two beacon communities that have managed to fashion a new way of living.Jenny Sutherland runs one of these groups. Based on a series of decaying offshore oil rigs - for safety - a few hundred people have rebuilt a semblance of normality in this otherwise dead world.But as Jenny and her people explore their surroundings once again, they start to realise not every survivor has the same vision of a better future than their catastrophic past. There are people out there who would take everything they have. War is coming and the stakes are truly massive...

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Product Details

Publisher
Orion Publishing Co | Orion
Published
3rd February 2011
Pages
592
ISBN
9781409103066

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