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Bad Radio (The Emergent Earth) [Kindle Edition]

Michael Langlois (Author)
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Sixty years ago Abe Griffin saved the world and gained eternal youth.

Or so he thought.

Now, a man that Abe believed to be long dead is killing the surviving members of Abe's old squad in order to reclaim the relics that they have kept hidden for decades.

The relics form an ancient beacon that must never be used, in a ritual that must never be completed. But the end of the world requires more than just activating the beacon.

It requires Abe.

With help from the granddaughter of his oldest friend, Abe must learn the truth about his immortal body, while at the same time trying to stop a horrifying series of supernatural opponents from sweeping away everything that he cares about.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 519 KB
  • Print Length: 410 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 146631592X
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B005IHANGG
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  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #33,826 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Bottom line:

Fast and compelling read for any fan of contemporary fantasy. Great elements of a thriller thrown into every chapter.

Premise:

Abe Griffin obtains eternal youth during a secret mission in World War II. Now, sixty years later, an old enemy returns to kill Abe's surviving squad members and reclaim the relics obtained during that secret mission.

Likes:

o Loved the bait bags. They're the perfect enemy.
o While Abe is immortal, he's not impervious to pain. Several times throughout the book, his weaknesses are shown.
o Virtually every chapter ends on a cliffhanger. Each one is well done.
o Good use of foreshadowing and slowly revealing layers of truth throughout the story.
o Overall, very smooth writing style, and plot points flow smoothly from one to the next.

Dislikes:

o Very few. Only a few places of confusion, caused in part because I was reading too fast, wanting to find out what happened next. This book definitely kept me up late a few nights.
o There were a couple of points that were over-explained or hit just a little too hard. However, this didn't take away too much from the overall story.

Full disclosure:

I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. When the paperback becomes available, I plan to purchase a copy.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Creepily thrilling 27 Dec 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
Bad Radio is most definitely a thriller, but otherwise could be categorised as fantasy, supernatural, horror and/or science fiction. It's unusual. The protagonist, Abe, is a second world war veteran; he's over eighty years old but he still has the body of a man of barely thirty. All his army colleagues are dying of old age, his own wife died a few years ago, and he's ready to move on himself.

But just as he's preparing to end his life, the granddaughter of one of his closest comrades appears at his door, asking him to visit her grandfather. In doing so, he discovers that some very old business has come back to trouble him again. With Anne's help, he must track down and eliminate one very dangerous old man...

This was a quick read; I went through it in an afternoon. The pace is pretty frantic and it's hard to put this one down. Abe and Anne are in constant danger and up against some terrific odds in their fight against Piotr and his world-threatening plans. They get ample opportunities to be incredibly heroic. Incredibly. Is it possible for human beings to be so relentlessly brave?

Luckily, Abe may be superhuman but he isn't perfect. He suffers anger management issues... more than a little. Anne's task (along with everything else) is to try to keep him from losing it completely - and he certainly has some provocation. Their friendship is an interesting and a complex one. I'd have liked to learn more about Anne on a normal level - what does she do when she isn't being a crack shot and insanely courageous? What was her life like, other than being trained as a top gunwoman by her grandpa? Perhaps we'll learn more about her in a future book.

The enemies are suitably scary - this is where the horror part comes in - and there's oodles of tension. The ending came a bit abruptly; I would've liked to see Abe and Anne breathe a bit after all that relentless action and take a moment to reflect. But otherwise it's hard to criticise this book. A great read, and - as I have demonstrated - not necessarily limited only to those who thrive on thrillers.
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This was an incredibly fast-paced book, which just kept the action and the thrills coming. Part war-story, part sci-fi, it also dealt quite sensitively with the idea of immortality as a curse, and the awful sense of loneliness and despair it induces. Although it could slot quite easily into the fantasy/sci-fi genre, action and thriller fans could quite easily get into this; the characters are so deftly drawn that the pages almost turn themselves. Highly recommended.
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