Numbers Book 3: Infinity (Numbers (Chicken House)) [Hardcover]

Adam Dawson can look into your eyes and see the exact date of your death. On New Year's Eve, his warning of an impending earthquake saved the lives of millions of Londoners. Now, it is two years later and most of England's population still live like nomads in squalid, deplorable conditions. Saul, an evil agent of the government, is desperately searching for Adam and his girlfriend Sarah and their two-year-old daughter Mia. Mia, who also sees numbers, has the power to extend her life by switching numbers with someone else. Saul, who has already lived 250 years, has the same power. However, the date of his death is fast approaching; he will kill anyone in order to find Mia and switch numbers with her, thereby transferring her power to him and ensuring him of immortality.

Rachel Ward's "Infinity" is the most terrifying and the most shocking of the "Numbers" trilogy [proceeding "Numbers" (Numbers: Book 1) and "The Chaos" (Numbers Book 2: The Chaos)]. It provides a great denouement to a wonderfully creepy series. Set in February 2029, England has crumbled into chaotic conditions much like those in the futuristic "Mad Max" films [Mad Max (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging)], starring Aussie hunk Mel Gibson. People are dying of starvation and disease. Adam and his "family" face another cold winter with only a tent, some grungy supplies and the clothes on their backs. Sarah, who hates her nomadic life, yearns for them to settle down and grow roots. Adam, on the other hand, wants them to keep moving, especially when he learns that a motorcycle gang, led by Saul, is looking for them.

The novel's nightmarish events escalate when Adam, Sarah and Mia are abducted and imprisoned inside an underground, maximum security bunker. Within this labyrinth of holding cells and labs, evil Dr. Newsome subjects them to cruel, barbaric experiments--the type one would find in a World War II Nazi concentration camp. One must keep in mind that Adam, Sarah and Mia are children. None of them are of legal age. Adam and Sarah are kept apart. Constantly under surveillance and not knowing who to trust, they must find a secret means for communicating with one another if they ever hope to escape alive. Saul, a cruel, sadistic man, constantly threatens them with death if they don't perform to his satisfaction.

With its disaster-laden, end-of-the-world setting, cruel experiments, non-stop violence, and good versus evil characters, I found "Infinity" nearly impossible to put down. I was reading it at Panera Bread and the tension it created in me was so palpable that it could be seen in my eyes. A restaurant worker stopped by my table to ask me what book I was concentrating so hard on reading. I told her it was Rachel Ward's latest science fiction thriller "Infinity." She told me she was a fan of Danielle Steel and we talked about my favorite Danielle Steel novel, "No Greater Love", which is based on the sinking of the Titanic. I love disaster novels and films. Hence one of several reasons for my infatuation with the "Numbers" trilogy.

I hope that fans will agree with me that "Infinity" is the best in the series. I highly recommend it, along with the other two novels, to readers who are fascinated by the paranormal. Each novel should be read in its proper order because they build upon each other. Having achieved international fame, the first novel in the series, "Numbers," has been optioned by a British indie film company, Warp Films! I hope it follows the same path as other popular teen novels such as Stephenie Meyer`s "Twilight" [Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)] and Suzanne Collins` "The Hunger Games" (The Hunger Games).

Another horror series that has been garnering a lot of press is Alexander Gordon Smith's "Escape from Furnace" ["Lockdown" (Lockdown: Escape from Furnace 1), "Solitary" (Solitary: Escape from Furnace 2), "Death Sentence" (Death Sentence: Escape from Furnace 3), "Fugitives" (Fugitives: Escape from Furnace 4) and "Execution" (Execution: Escape from Furnace 5)]. It has a "Resident Evil" type plot involving a highly mutative formula known as "nectar," which turns young men into monsters. Whomever they bite will also turn into monsters. A virtual plague threatens an entire city and all of humanity if the protagonist Alex Sawyer, an escapee from Furnace Penitentiary, doesn't stop its deadly spread.

Joseph B. Hoyos

In the eyes of one young man he sees numbers, numbers that others want to steal. For Adam, Saran and Mia that is what they are running from, a man that wants to do that very thing. This is a story like none you have ever read, it is exciting sad beautiful and you can imagine the details of every part in the book. I started this book thinking I wouldn't like it and then got so into it I couldn't put it down until I was done with it. I love the ending so much it was the way it should end and very unexpectedly so. I don't think I would want to know when anyone dies but this book makes you wonder if there may be people out there that do. I would love to read the other books in this series as well.

I won this book from Goodreads and I am very happy with it. Thanks

Overall this book was pretty good. Although i have to admit it wasnt exciting as the other two in the trilogy. Some parts were boring and it wasn't till a little later when the book became a page turner. Basically the main setting is in a underground bunker where adam, sarah, and her daughter are kidnapped.