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They say ... "It seems to be a very normal Monday
morning. But in the space of only a few days, the world's
oil supplies have been severed and at a horrifying pace
things begin to unravel everywhere. And this is no natural
disaster: someone is behind this. Jenny is stuck in
Manchester, fighting desperately against the rising
chaos to get back to London, where her children are
marooned as events begin to spiral out of control; riots,
raging fires, looting, rape and murder. In the space
of a week, London is transformed into a lawless and
anarchic vision of Hell. Jenny's estranged husband,
oil engineer Andy Sutherland, is stranded in Iraq with
a company of British soldiers, desperate to find a way
home to his family, trapped as transport links and the
very infrastructure of daily life begins to collapse
around him. And against all this, a mysterious man is
tracking Andy's family. He'll silence anyone who might
be able to reveal the identities of those behind this
global disaster. It seems that the same people who now
have a stranglehold on the future of civilisation have
flexed their muscles before, at other significant tipping
points in history, and they are prepared to do anything
to keep their secret - and their power - safe."
I say ... It's an enjoyable read that will probably
see you blasting through it in just one or two sittings.
The story line may seem a little far fetched to some,
but the results of suddenly losing the oil are not so
far off the mark. Alex's descriptions of frightened
people hiding in their homes whilst gangs of feral youths
rule the streets are frighteningly realistic and all
too plausible. This book could well scare you silly.
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