Product Description

A post-apocalypse tale set in a world ruled by crazed gangs and strange cults. One man tried to find his wife in a world gone to hell and comes up against one of the most dangerous cults the world has ever known!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #312838 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 400 pages

About the Author
Simon Spurrier is an award-winning writer of novels and graphic novel fiction. He’s worked extensively for the UK’s talent-factory, 2000AD, has published novels with Abaddon, the Black Library and Black Flame, and has won a series of accolades and prizes for screenwriting. He’s worked as a cook, a bookseller, a BBC Art Director and a film student. He lives in London because the night sky is a far better shade of green than anywhere else.

Customer Reviews

Cull This!
Gook book, though a bit hard to get into at first (probably due to the depth of some of the hidden plot, so blame my lack of brain cells not the author!). Nice to see some alternative end-of-the-world, non-zombie fiction. I like the zombie stuff too of course! :-)

The Afterblight collection has some great potential. One thing I wonder as an American. Maybe someone can tell me.. I do enjoy the Britsh authors (go David Moody!) but really, do the brits really use the 'F' word every thing word in sentences as they speak? British fiction makes me think so! I know some folks have a bit more colorful speech than others, but this tends to be a turn off for me.

The end of this book leaves way for a possible sequel, but I doubt the author has one planned and maybe never intended that. He can feel free to correct me here if he likes!

Really enjoyed it!
I have read few books that have the action this book had. And I have read many books! It was from start to finish nonstop mayhem. The main character was very enjoyable to read. I am looking forward to reading any books about this character in the future. The story was what I love about a good story. Entertaining! You can lose yourself in this book. If you like tales of the apocalypse and the terrible deeds of man, please give this a try.

Good start for a new series of books
I thoroughly enjoyed spending my Saturday reading this novel. I'd first seen it advertised on the back of a 2000 AD comic, and thought it would be interesting. I'd also just recently read a Silver Surfer four parter (In Thy Name) by the same author which wasn't too bad.

Yes, there's lots of swearing, ridiculous actions sequences where the hero basically single handedly kills hundreds of his enemies. Think Jack Bauer of the apocalypse. But it was a hell of a lot of fun, kept a good pace, had plenty of likeable characters, and wasn't over preachy like some of these types of stories can be.

My only gripe is that Mr Spurrier writes the dialogue of the American characters with very English affectations, which sometimes stands out like a sore thumb. Other than that, I'd say it's definite triumph.

I will continue reading the series based on the high level of quality this book has.