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by Alex Scarrow (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Orion; First Edition edition (25 Jul 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752886142
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752886145
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.4 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 225,577 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Alex Gordon, Peterborough Evening Telegraph

"few books have made my heart race and blood pressure soar like this one... it had me on the edge of my seat."


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"few books have made my heart race and blood pressure soar like this one... it had me on the edge of my seat." (Alex Gordon Peterborough Evening Telegraph )

"a terrific thriller... the thriller of the summer. It should be thebnbovel that airport booksellers can't get enough of." (Ben Hunt MaterialWitness.com )

'Alex Scarrow's depiction of Britain as only a few hours away from disintegration is chillingly plausible. This is the perfect book to give to somebody who opposes your plans to build a wind farm.' (Daily Telegraph )

"Scarrow keeps his foot on the acceleratorin this apocalyptic thriller, which is reminiscent of Frederick Forsyth and john Wyndham" (Mike Ripley Birmingham Post )

"...Last Light is sensational." (London Lite )
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb story, great characters...will scare the hell out of you, 24 Sep 2007
By Mr. L. Walker (England) - See all my reviews
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Alex Scarrow has written a frightening story that may seem to have an obvious premise (in a nutshell, we're far too reliant on oil); however it's all the more frightening for how little serious consideration we give this issue.
Various events - it'll spoil the story to go into too much detail - result in the world's oil supply being more or less destroyed. Throughout the world and especially the UK, chaos and panic begin. Those with supplies of food and water are relatively prepared. Unfortunately, they're also targets for those without and any ideas of decency and civilisation go out the window in the struggle for survival. There is no 'Spirit of the Blitz' mentality; it's everyone for himself.
In the middle of this, Andy Sutherland attempts to get back to England from Iraq while his estranged wife works her way from Manchester to London in order to get to their two children. The problem is, someone else is after one of their children for reasons connected to the cause of the disaster. At the same time, the country is tearing itself apart.

Read the first couple of pages and get ready for a ride.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book of 2007 so far., 9 Aug 2007
By Matthew Langton "All this happened, more or l... (South Coast, UK.) - See all my reviews
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I read Alex's first novel and knew that I should pick up this lastest one on the day of release. It has surpassed expectations - it's a cliché but if you only read one book this summer make it this one. This is high praise, but I believe this book is one edit away from brilliant and two edits away from a classic...and in this genre that is a nigh on impossible feat. Let's hope he's scribbling away as we speak because I for one want more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Scary, but could it really happen!!!, 15 Aug 2007
By El Presidente "FC" (Grimsby, England) - See all my reviews
I found this latest book by Alex to be really scary, could any of this really happen, 9/11 etc. Did that happen or were the government behind it all, I don't know and I'm sure many others don't either. We live in a world dominated by convenince, take that away and anything that Alex is describing here is possible, if not probable. No Oil, Gas, Electricity we wouldn't survive or would we! What happened before we managed to harness all these natural resources. Now it's all gone again everybody at war with each other fighting for the few scraps left. This is no holocaust but can we make it into one. Once again Alex is bang on the button hitting those nerves that we never knew we had. A must read for everyone not just those environmentalists.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Designed to help prevent its own plot ever happening?
Less well-written than John Wyndham's catastrophe books - obvious precursors - but that's a stiff comparison. Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. R. Hudson

5.0 out of 5 stars I am so very, very scared
Since finishing this book, I am having trouble putting it out of my mind. The vision of a world without oil is just too realistic and potentially imminent. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Keith Lawson

1.0 out of 5 stars Interseting topic with a rubbish storyline attached
I found the overall theme of 'peak oil' to be interesting, thought provoking and very topical in the present day. Read more
Published 5 months ago by E. M. Skupinska

4.0 out of 5 stars Jack Bauer should be the main character.
What a story, it reads like an episode of 24, non stop action and a thrilling storyline, the only problem is that this is what is going to happen. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Last chance for gas!
This book was very thought provoking. The stats about peak oil are real, and we are all living in a bubble world in England. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Thriller! Frightening Reality!
We live in a world reliant on oil. Petrol for our cars. Electricity for our homes and workplaces. Fuel for the trucks, ships, planes and machinery that provides us with the very... Read more
Published 7 months ago by M Thomas

5.0 out of 5 stars Cant put it down
Ive not even finished this book yet, I cant put it down and I have to rate it as 5 stars already!

As the Telegraph says it is very plausible, it is also very well... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr C

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent in some detail, unimaginative plot; fast-paced page-turner
I'd give this book 1/5 for the plot - real boilerplate stuff. Almost half of the book (the action taking place in Iraq) is irrelevant to the purpose of the story (Scarrow writes... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Keith Thomas

3.0 out of 5 stars Great concept, but pity about the execution....
Orchestrated moves see the world's oil supplies dry up overnight. With it comes obvious international chaos. Read more
Published 10 months ago by johnverp

3.0 out of 5 stars Great idea, but characters and plot devices clichéd and contrived
I enjoyed the book, and finished it in a couple of days. The subject matter, the way our crazy over-reliance on oil is unsustainable and likely to lead us to catastrophe, is... Read more
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