Robert Cole (8)
Auteur de The Last Portal: Book 1 of the Mytar series
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A propos de l'auteur
Robert Cole is an inventor, a musician, an instrument maker, an engineer, an electronics engineer, a writer, an expert in Japanese arms and armor, histories and aspects women's histories. He has expertise in ancient Roman Circuses and architecture, and various aspects of Egyptian history. (Bowker afficher plus Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Robert Cole
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Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Australia
- Lieu de naissance
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Études
- Australian National University
- Courte biographie
- Robert Cole was born and grew up in Sydney, Australia. After achieving a Bachelor of Science (Honours) at the Australian National University he travelled extensively and returned to Sydney to complete a Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology. Following a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Sydney University, he worked in a number of biotech companies and has numerous scientific publications.
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Scientists Ethan and Amelia are working on a gene cluster that suppresses the human ego. When their project is cut short, they are recruited by an unknown organization to continue their research.
Although this book had a very interesting premise, the author didn’t really take the time to build the plot or relationships. Instead of building up, the author jumped ahead in time, briefly explained who was who and then jumped again. This could be a great story, it just needs some more work.
Although this book had a very interesting premise, the author didn’t really take the time to build the plot or relationships. Instead of building up, the author jumped ahead in time, briefly explained who was who and then jumped again. This could be a great story, it just needs some more work.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Membres
- 18
- Popularité
- #630,789
- Évaluation
- 4.5
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 75
- Langues
- 4
Brothers Alex and Jason Carhill were several months into a planned year-long world tour traveling from their native Australia when troubles between the US and Russia suddenly erupted. Due to the volatility of the political situation, they decided to cut their trip short when they arrived in London, both to let things settle down and to see the city sights while they waited it out. The boys had lived in London when they were small and were ready to discover the places of their childhoods. However, neither the US nor Russia were backing down from hardline ultimatums, and the world’s citizens were holding their collective breaths as the two angry superpowers appeared headed toward a final showdown.
The London population began to panic, prepared for the worse, hoarding supplies and clogging all roads out of the city. But just as suddenly, the crisis appeared to have been averted, and the boys decided to hire a car and drive west to tour Devon and Cornwall. After several days on the road, a single emergency warning came that Russia had launched a large number of missiles, some of which were headed to Great Britain. But before the brothers could even seek shelter, the world around them exploded with brilliant white light and searing heat.
When Alex came to, he was in an underground shelter, and Jason was missing, taken to a nearby hospital to treat the injuries he’d received when the car they’d been in had been destroyed. The world was dark, the wind was howling, and a nuclear winter was upon them. Radiation fall-out made leaving to search for his brother impossible. He was alone with random strangers, many of whom were already showing the signs of radiation poisoning but safe, at least for the moment.
As soon as radiation levels dropped enough, Alex and others from the shelter (an old church basement) were sent out to search for additional survivors, supplies, government assistance, and Alex’s brother. But when they found instead was sheer chaos and a world quickly returning to savagery.
"Nuclear Midnight" is the first book in author Robert Cole’s post-apocalyptic series, "Savage Dawn." The story follows the survival journey of young Alex Carhill and the comrades he acquires as he searches for safety, food, and a community of survivors looking to rebuild their world. It is an exciting and action-filled story with, literally, never a dull moment. The danger felt plausible and real, and because I quickly became engaged in Alex’s survival, I never wanted to put the book down. The setting in Wales was a new one for me, so I found that extra interesting and fresh. The storyline includes some great battle sequences that, although conveying the panic and confusion inherent in war, were still easy to follow and understand. These scenes were exceeding well done. If I had a complaint, it would be that the story had a somewhat abrupt ending. However, with the next book in the series on the "Savage Dawn" horizon, the wait to find out what happened next isn’t too long.
I recommend "Nuclear Midnight" to readers that enjoy post-apocalyptic tales featuring young adult protagonists, especially those set in Great Britain.
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