The Last

Jon Keller has travelled from his home in the US, and is staying in an isolated hotel set amongst the lush green forests of Switzerland whilst attending a work conference His morning begins as normal in the hotel s dining room, until news starts to filter in from around the world of nuclear attacks on major cities, indeed the whole of Scotland appears to have been obliterated As expected, people start to panic, with many abandoning the hotel and heading for the nearest airport and railway stat J [...]

I ve stepped outside of my genre comfort zone with The Last, and I m so glad that I took the chance it paid off This is a dark, deeply disturbing tale of one man s account of what he deems to be the end of the world due to nuclear war One that is extremely unsettling and anxiety inducing due to the fact that it is completely possible This one actually took me longer than normal to read, I had to keep putting it down because I kept saying what if.Jon is an American historian who finds hi I ve ste [...]

This was a really unsettling read, especially because it felt so plausible based on current events That said, it was also a gripping, fast paced dystopian thriller with a side dish of murder mystery I don t want to say too much about this one yet, but I m really excited to see what other people think of The Last as they read review it While the plots are different, it gave me similar vibes to The Last One, another post apocalyptic dystopian that I adored I think fans of that book will love t Thi [...]

I was all set to close the book cough on 2018 I had finished up the Peter Grant series in a very satisfactory way, was finishing up a couple other books, and was hoping to actually complete reviews for the books read, all in the same year I know, I know Foolish Then I saw Robert s review and the words apocalypse and mystery instantly jumped out You could not have tempted me with dark chocolate sea salt caramels And wouldn t you know it Last was just as satisfying, a great mix o I was all set to [...]

History is only the sum of its people and, as far as I know, we could be the last ones Historian Jon Keller was attending a conference at a hotel, L Hotel Sixieme, in Switzerland when nuclear bombs weapons hit various cities around the world Jon thought he had time to respond to his wife s text message, he was mulling over what to say and regrets how things were left between them Now he fears that his wife and daughters may be dead and what is worse is that he may never know While some left Hist [...]

Hanna Jameson s dystopian, apocalyptic mystery novel embodies our worst fears and nightmares with the current US political situation It begins with the shocking details of nuclear war with weapons exploding in cities around the world, including Washington, Munich, London and Scotland This is a story of the impact and terrifying repercussions that follow for the survivors and a locked room murder mystery set in a remote and isolated hotel in Switzerland American historian, Jon Keller, is in a Han [...]

This was a quite frightening premise Nuclear attack in Washington, then London, and continuing Just the fact that it is actually possible was enough to bring chills over me Twenty survivors are hold up in a large hotel in Switzerland when all communication is lost The story is told through one of the twenty, Jon He is an American who was traveling He felt the need to document his experience for future generations The format of the story told through his daily journal entries worked well.T This w [...]