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'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 )
'A bleak, chilling vision of the furture that ends, finally, on a note of flickering optimism.' (THE PRESS )
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'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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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Set 10 years after Last light Afterlight for me is a book about the last best hope for Humanity (to steal a line from BSG).
Alex sets out with some old faces to explore a time after the oil crash, have we changed, can we adapt/ change and create a new future? or are there just too many out there who hunger for the days of old and the power that they can reap for themselves.
Following the fates of the Sutherland Children while they explore their past and look to the future.
Again alex weaves the story brilliantly with wonderful characters (his truly best writing gift). This book delivers just as much as Last light and then gives you even more, action, pace, characters, depth, humour and sorrow...what more could you ask for in a story.
Buy this book you will not be disapointed.
{Parm}
Alex sets out with some old faces to explore a time after the oil crash, have we changed, can we adapt/ change and create a new future? or are there just too many out there who hunger for the days of old and the power that they can reap for themselves.
Following the fates of the Sutherland Children while they explore their past and look to the future.
Again alex weaves the story brilliantly with wonderful characters (his truly best writing gift). This book delivers just as much as Last light and then gives you even more, action, pace, characters, depth, humour and sorrow...what more could you ask for in a story.
Buy this book you will not be disapointed.
{Parm}
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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Alex Scarrow is becoming one of my favourite authors. His books are both compelling and page turners that stay in your head for a long time afterwards. Last Light was a great thriller which had a very scary message which I still talk about a couple of years later.
Afterlight is the follow up to Last Light and you could read it without having read that, but you would be missing out big time. I've finished it in a day; no way was I going to leave it until tomorrow to finish!
Afterlight is, interestingly, set 10 years after a `big crash' when the oil stopped flowing and the lights went out and the food stopped coming. The Sutherland family are surviving on an oil rig with a community of fellow survivors, but their sanctuary is about to be invaded by an unlikely source..
We are also given flashbacks to the O2 in London, set up as an emergency point and we see how that has evolved over the years and how it might clash with the community on the oil rig.
Fast paced, engrossing and very entertaining thriller, certainly of appeal to those who enjoyed the BBC's "Survivors" but also those who might have liked "The Road". But this is not just an action thriller, there is a theme about humanity and one about the choices you have to make.
Mr Scarrow does not play in any particular genre, his last (the excellent October Skies) was set in the pioneering Old West, but he is a clever and thoughtful writer and whatever he puts out seems to be very readable. I imagine I will buy his next book, whatever the subject because he has not let me down yet.
Recommended.
Afterlight is the follow up to Last Light and you could read it without having read that, but you would be missing out big time. I've finished it in a day; no way was I going to leave it until tomorrow to finish!
Afterlight is, interestingly, set 10 years after a `big crash' when the oil stopped flowing and the lights went out and the food stopped coming. The Sutherland family are surviving on an oil rig with a community of fellow survivors, but their sanctuary is about to be invaded by an unlikely source..
We are also given flashbacks to the O2 in London, set up as an emergency point and we see how that has evolved over the years and how it might clash with the community on the oil rig.
Fast paced, engrossing and very entertaining thriller, certainly of appeal to those who enjoyed the BBC's "Survivors" but also those who might have liked "The Road". But this is not just an action thriller, there is a theme about humanity and one about the choices you have to make.
Mr Scarrow does not play in any particular genre, his last (the excellent October Skies) was set in the pioneering Old West, but he is a clever and thoughtful writer and whatever he puts out seems to be very readable. I imagine I will buy his next book, whatever the subject because he has not let me down yet.
Recommended.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is fantastic.
The realism involved scared the pants off me, the author knows Britain, knows the youth and knows how people think. I found it well written and finished it in one day I could not put it down. I had not read the previous book and read Afterlight as a stand alone novel and if I hadn't looked on here I would never have realised this was a sequel. I'm now a Alex Scarrow fan!
The realism involved scared the pants off me, the author knows Britain, knows the youth and knows how people think. I found it well written and finished it in one day I could not put it down. I had not read the previous book and read Afterlight as a stand alone novel and if I hadn't looked on here I would never have realised this was a sequel. I'm now a Alex Scarrow fan!
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Mediocre at Best
There should be a two-and-a-half star selection.....
The plot is reasonably good, not quite a 'cosy catastrophe' but not The Road either. Read more
The plot is reasonably good, not quite a 'cosy catastrophe' but not The Road either. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jez
You know it's not good for you... but you can't help reading it!
Slap bang in the middle with three stars for this one. Afterlight is a guilty pleasure - you know it isn't very good for you, the characters are pretty two dimensional and the... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Cornelius Z_G
provocative but 2 dimensional
With better characters I could have suspended my disbelief at the gaping holes in the plot. As it was I staggered my way to the cliched end in the fond hope that a really good plot... Read more
Published 9 months ago by simon says sew
Thank you!
Alex you have done it again! I started at the wrong end I guess with Time Raiders me being 49 my daughters (12 & 10) said they a must read.. I Can't wait for No-4. We digress... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mark
Essential reading
You must read Last Light first which in itself is an amazing story that I think everybody should read. Read more
Published 11 months ago by mike
How not to write a novel
I read Last Light and quite liked it, enough to persuade me to read this sequel. Scarrow is not a writer (his background is in music and computer games, and it shows), but the... Read more
Published 11 months ago by amantedofado
thought provoking
Thought provoking, interesting characters. Quite unusual to use the early demise of some important characters in the storyline to nudge the story along. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Aberter
No oil, no electric, no food
Brilliant follow on from Last Light. The flowing storyline of a world where society has totally broken down is gripping and exciting. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Stephen Kane
What happens after the end ....
The sequel to Last Light, Afterlight picks up 10 years after the Peak Oil event that changes human civilisation in the space of less than a week. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Kat from The Aussie Zombie
my light didnt turn out.........
Well for sure my bedsidelight didnt turn off.......till very late, this book as all the other Scarrow books is a page turner, impossible to put it down, although I didnt like it as... Read more
Published 14 months ago by alex
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