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Breakers [Kindle Edition]

Edward W. Robertson
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In New York, Walt Lawson is about to lose his girlfriend Vanessa. In Los Angeles, Raymond and Mia James are about to lose their house. Within days, none of it will matter.

When Vanessa dies of the flu, Walt is devastated. But she isn't the last. The virus quickly kills billions, reducing New York to an open grave and LA to a chaotic wilderness of violence and fires. As Raymond and Mia hole up in an abandoned mansion, where they learn to function without electricity, running water, or neighbors, Walt begins an existential walk to LA, where Vanessa had planned to move when she left him. He expects to die along the way.

Months later, a massive vessel appears above Santa Monica Bay. Walt is attacked by a crablike monstrosity in a mountain stream. The virus that ended humanity wasn't created by humans. It was inflicted from outside. The colonists who sent it are ready to finish the job--and Earth's survivors may be too few and too weak to resist.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 515 KB
  • Print Length: 309 pages
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B007712HM4
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #9,435 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Get this book! 13 Mar 2012
Format:Kindle Edition
This is a gripping read that had me sneakily pulling my Kindle out at work so I could find out what was going to happen to the characters next. It is rather like Stephen King's "The Stand", but at a more manageable length and actually more horrible in some places. Robertson has a talent for suddenly pulling out a grotesque event or concept without much over-emoting, and then moving on with the story. This kept the pace brisk.

There were a couple of negative points that stopped me from giving this five stars; I thought that Walt was the only compelling character and that everyone spoke in exactly the same wisecracking, action movie hero tone. All the women are pretty similar and the narrator is too prone to clunky philosophising.

Despite this, Breakers is an engaging read and will keep you wanting more. The writing is sprightly and the scenarios vivid. Definitely one of the best low-cost Kindle books I've read!
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
The Breakers 16 Feb 2012
By RandiTS - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Achoo! Hope that isn't the flu that you have... if so, I expect you will be dead soon... at least that would be the case in "Breakers"...
The Breakers is a story of a massive flu virus that kills off most of the population of the world. It has two separate story lines - Walt, a man from New York, and Mia and Raymond, a couple from LA.

Walt is madly in love with Vanessa, a model/actress, and lives in New York. He finds a "Dear John" letter that states that she is going to break up with him and he is destroyed by the thought. He tried to find ways to change her mind or avoid her giving it to him since she doesn't know that he has seen it. One way that he comes up with is to pretend to be ill. This actually works very well since she lovingly takes care of him and he feels he has bought more time to change her mind as she is his entire world. Very ironic of course because she then gets sick with the flu and isn't faking and soon dies.

Walt then decides that he is going to walk to LA because Vanessa's dream was always to move to LA and Walt brushed her off whenever she brought it up. He doesn't expect to live through the trip - after all, it is over 3000 miles and he is not going to take a car even though they are readily available. The situation in NY is chaos - dead bodies everywhere, rats, soldiers, looting. Walt has to experience extreme situations before he is able to start his journey.

Raymond and Mia's story is completely different. They had moved to California when Raymond had inherited his Mom's house and expected to be able to find jobs and have a great life. Instead, Raymond can't find work, they are running out of money, and he is scrambling for a job. The flu doesn't affect their life as much where they live. While they do have some scary experiences at first, it actually seems rather calm and they are happier than they have been in a long time.

Then, the aliens come (not a spoiler alert - the author refers to the "crab like monstrosity" that Walt runs into and the colonists in his book description). The story lines meet up together when the survivors have to fight to take Earth back from the aliens.

I thought it was a good book - enjoyed the "journey stories" of both Walt and Raymond and Mia the best. The secondary characters that they meet for the alien portion were interesting and there were some good twists. Walt had some life experiences from his family business that I wasn't expecting and was pretty cool when it came to fighting - something new which is always good to read. I would buy other books from this author..
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Entertaining Read 18 Feb 2012
By Glen Hendrix - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
As RandITS has provided a satisfactory synopsis I will not go there. I will say that the character development was excellent. They say half the fun is in getting there and that certainly goes for Breakers. The characters' physical journeys as well as their transitional trips from a bohemian existence to survivalists is accompanied by a constant patter of clever thoughts and dialogue. I stayed up late one night and finished it the next day. Thoroughly enjoyable!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Loved Breakers! 16 Mar 2012
By Paul Redemske - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Took me a little while to finish, but what a fantastic story! I kind of felt like I was reading The Stand (my first King novel) or one of Stephen Baxter's excellent books. Great effort that kept me surprised, intrigued and wanting more. I look forward to your next book! Thank you!
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