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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."
Patrick Skene Catling (born 14 February 1925) [1] is a British journalist, author and book reviewer, best known for writing The Chocolate Touch in 1952. [2] He has written 12 novels, 3 works of nonfiction and 9 books for children.
The Ruins is a 2006 horror novel by American author Scott Smith, set on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. 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).
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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 protagonist, Miles Plastic, is an orphan who, at the beginning of the story, is finishing a prison term for arson.Crime is treated very leniently by the state, and conditions in prison are actually quite superior to those among the population at large, leading to an understandably high recidivism rate.
Ruins (2012) is a science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card, [1] who is best known for his novel Ender's Game. This novel is the second book in the Pathfinder series and continues the story of Rigg, and his strange powers, in the events proceeding Pathfinder. It is followed by Visitors (2014), the third in the trilogy.
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.