by Alex Scarrow
A frighteningly plausible apocalytic scenario that I find myself revisiting on a regular basis. Books like this make me think I should stock up on tinned goods and bottled water and maybe do some combat training...you never know!
When it comes to post-apocalyptic novels, the ones I find I enjoy the most are the ones that are very real scenarios. Not that zombies or alien invasions aren't realistic scenarios (yep, I had to say that!), but natural disasters or man-made disasters such as the storyline of Last Light are the ones...
Up there with John Wyndham's 'Day of the Triffids' but much more plausible. I hadn't even thought about a scenario such as this before but the chills haven't left me since.
An apocalyptic novel where the world’s oil supply mysteriously stops. Vague conspiracy theories and unsympathetic cardboard cutout characters turned this story into a huge yawn.
This was a good "post-oil" world scenario thriller. I didn't exactly agree with the author's political views in the book, so as a result, this book received 3 stars. Otherwise, the story had a good pace and believable after-effects on the world after "peak oil". So, I guess I would be reading the se...
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