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A reviewer in The Telegraph (UK), noted: "This unsettling small-town noir draws us deep into the dark heart of Ireland, where corruption, desperation, and crime run rife. A gritty look at trust and betrayal where the written law isn't the only one, The Ruin asks who will protect you when the authorities can't-or won't."
Rot & Ruin is a science fiction novel by American writer Jonathan Maberry, published by Simon & Schuster. It is an example of post- zombie apocalypse setting. Based upon the short story of the same name, the full-length novel was released in the United States September 2010 and in United Kingdom March 2011.
The book fits specifically into the survival horror genre, which is marked by people doing whatever it takes to conquer their environment and stay alive. The novel was released on July 18, 2006 (ISBN 1-4000-4387-5). A film adaptation of the novel was released in the United States and Canada on April 4, 2008. [1]
Finalist for the 1960 National Book Award Joseph Hamilton Basso (September 5, 1904 – May 13, 1964) [ 1 ] was an American novelist and journalist. Born in New Orleans , Louisiana , Basso worked as reporter for several newspapers in New Orleans, wrote 11 novels, primarily about the South , and was an associate editor at The New Yorker for more ...
[2] [3] [4] The director of the award program praised the novel as having "universal scale and sense of wonder reminiscent of Clarke himself." [5] The next in the series, Children of Ruin, was published in 2019. A third book, Children of Memory, was published in 2022. [6] In 2023, the series was awarded [a] the Hugo Award for Best Series. [8]
On the July/August 2015 issue of Bookmarks, the book received a (4.0 out of 5) with a critical summary saying, "Atkinson's latest novel is "a sprawling, unapologetically ambitious saga that tells the story of postwar Britain through the microcosm of a single family" (New York Times Book review)". [11]
The series, which has five books, deals with an orphaned 14-year-old boy, Leven Thumps, who becomes involved in a battle between good and evil. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The five books in the series are titled Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo (2005), [ 3 ] Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret (2006), [ 3 ] Leven Thumps and the Eyes of The Want (2007 ...
Children of Ruin is a 2019 science fiction novel by British author Adrian Tchaikovsky, the second in his Children of Time series. The novel was well received, winning the 2019 BSFA Award for Best Novel. [1] The book was followed by the third book in the series, Children of Memory, in 2022.