Extinction Game: The Apocalypse Duology: Book One

by Gary Gibson

Overview

COULD YOU SURVIVE THE END OF YOUR WORLD?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447242727
Publisher:	Pan Publishing
Publication date:	05/07/2015
Series:	Apocalypse Duology , #1
Edition description:	Main Market ed.
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Gary Gibson is the author of The Shoal Sequence and The Final Days series, and the stand-alone novels Angel Stations and Against Gravity.

Editorial Reviews

★ 10/26/2015
Jerry Beche thinks he is the last living human on Earth until a handful of people suddenly appear on his doorstep. They are from wrecked parallel Earths, part of a group of apocalypse survivors called Pathfinders. They work for the clandestine Authority, which sends them on missions to extinct worlds looking for technology and other artifacts. But as welcoming as they are, Jerry’s fellow Pathfinders are clearly keeping secrets—including about Jerry himself. And the increasingly divided Authority refuses to explain what it is and why it wants the objects that the Pathfinders throw themselves into world-killing danger to retrieve. Gibson (The Thousand Emperors) turns the genre on its head, taking survivors and throwing them into a variety of other apocalypses, with some unexpected enemies dogging their heels. He excels at depicting real-feeling destruction and the tenacity and weaknesses of survivors, along with the moral wrestling of survivor guilt. This potent, teeth-gritting SF thriller shows death and love only a shadow away from our ordinary lives. Agent: John Jarrold, John Jarrold Literary Agency (U.K.). (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly

"The sweep of this book is impressive, and Gibson deftly keeps the action going and the reader enthralled right through the unexpected but thoroughly satisfying ending."  —Publishers Weekly starred review of The Thousand Emperors

"Gibson stakes his claim to be considered alongside the leading triumvirate of British hard sf writers . . . A gripping red and a treat for all fans of intelligent space opera."  —Guardian on Nova War

"High-octane action, terrific future tech and a superbly imagined alien civilisation help to make this a page-turning belter from one of our best exponents of hardcore SF adventure."  —Daily Mail on Final Days

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