Extinction Point (Extinction Point, #1)

by Paul Antony Jones

First comes the red rain: a strange, scarlet downpour from a cloudless sky that spreads across cities, nations, and the entire globe. In a matter of panicked hours, every living thing on earth succumbs to swift, bloody death. Yet Emily Baxter, a young newspaper reporter, is mysteriously spared—and now she’s all alone.

But watching the happy life she built for herself in New York City slip away in the wake of a monstrous, inexplicable plague is just the beginning of Emily’s waking nightmare. The world isn’t ending; it’s only changing. And the race that once ruled the earth has now become raw material for use by a new form of life never before seen…on this planet.

With only wits, weapons, and a bicycle, Emily must undertake a grueling journey across a country that’s turning increasingly alien. For though she fears she’s been left to inherit the earth, the truth is far more terrifying than a lifetime of solitude.

• ISBN10: 1611097991
• ISBN13: 9781611097993
• Publish Date: 19 February 2013
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Amazon Publishing
• Imprint: 47North
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 308
• Language: English

Reviews

[chymerra]

What I liked about Extinction Point:

1. I was able to read it in one night. Which meant that I stayed up uber late finishing it.

2. It was creepy. The scene where Emily finds the mashed together family still gives me chills.

3. I liked that the author decided that Alaska and the northern continents were left out. Which means mankind can prevail (sorry, a bit tired….lol)

What I didn’t like about Extinction Point

1. That everything happened within a day. All NYC was wiped out within a day.

2. Emily was the only one left in NYC. Not in the US or the world (sorry, spoiler alert) but in NYC. You would think that at least someone else would have survived.

3. The ending. I don’t like cliffhangers. But in this case, it worked. Now I want to read the 2nd book.

**I voluntarily reviewed this book**

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