eBook, 306 pages

English language

Published 2014

ISBN:
978-83-7578-063-5
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OCLC Number:
4663526301

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4 stars (3 reviews)

The sequel to the British Fantasy Award-nominated novel, The Last Plague. The Last Outpost continues to chronicle the events as a devastating epidemic reduces the UK to an infected wasteland. Great Britain has fallen to the Plague and the war is lost. The few people left alive scavenge in the desolation of a ruined country. A lone man wanders the ravaged land, looting houses for food and hiding from the monstrous infected. Guilt-ridden for failing to save his family, there is nothing left for him but memories of the old world - until hope is whispered in a radio transmission promising safety and shelter from across the North Sea. He joins a group of desperate survivors and heads for the coast in search of transport and salvation. His last chance to make amends. But will they survive the journey, hunted by the infected and the desperate men who stalk the …

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Bonne introduction à la série

4 stars

J'ai apprécié ce recueil de nouvelles malgré tout de même quelques imperfections, notamment le style d'écriture qui pouvait être un peu lourd par moment dans les tournures ou les mots employés. Et l'autre défaut c'est le final des nouvelles qui semblent parfois tomber comme un cheveux sur la soupe (en gros ça se dénoue un peu trop facilement et rapidement). Mais ne vous détrompez pas, j'ai apprécié ma lecture. En particulier le fait que l'auteur se soit inspiré de différents folklores et contes anciens pour les détourner et écrire ces nouvelles. Pour ma part, je connaissais déjà l'adaptation en série télé donc je n'étais pas perdue dans cet univers, mais je me mets à la place de quelqu'un qui découvre "Le Sorceleur" et je me dis que ce format de nouvelles organisées sans chronologie doit en dérouter plus d'un. Néanmoins, les deux œuvres sont différentes. Il y a des choses …

Review of 'The last wish' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

As many people I started reading this after watching the TV Show (but haven't played the game, yet).

I was scared that it would be too similar to I was already seen but to my surprise, even though some of the events tell the "same story" (on a sense), the events within them are pretty different from what I saw on TV. Different enough I would say.

I did enjoy it though it was short in length, but in exchange you don't necessarily need to continue reading the rest of the books if you don't want to (right away) because it contains a tale per chapter that even if they are a full story when read in full it doesn't put the reader in a position where it needs to read the rest right away.

I recommend it if you like the fantasy genre, is a light read, short and …

Subjects

  • Plague
  • Horror
  • Dystopia