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The Last Day

By: Andrew Hunter Murray
Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

Narrated by Gemma Whelan.

A world half in darkness. A secret she must bring to light.

2059. The world has stopped turning.

One half suffers an endless frozen night, the other, nothing but burning sun.

Only in a slim twilit region between them can life survive.

In an isolationist Britain, scientist Ellen Hopper receives a letter from a dying man.

It contains a powerful and dangerous secret.

One that those in power will kill to conceal....

©2019 Andrew Hunter Murray (P)2019 Penguin Audio Dystopian Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting Scary

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Critic reviews

"A beautifully realised and thought-provoking thriller." (The Times)

"A taut, thrilling runaround." (Guardian)

"Reminiscent of Robert Harris's high-concept conspiracy thrillers." (Financial Times)
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AHM creates an amazingly unique, yet believable world in which this story is set. The story is exciting and the characters are all layered and relatable. But where this book stands out is the amazing detail of the world in which the story is set. It's this world that I want to hear more about. The story it's self draws to a natural conclusion, but I hope to explore more about the world, with a totally new plot and character set, in future books (and I hope there will be many more books!)

A truly stunning debut novel from a great writer

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💛 This is the three-bird roast of novels and who doesn’t love a three for one? It’s a thriller set in a dystopia in a post-apocalyptic reality in which the world has ceased spinning. Big thumbs up to this smart premise.
🎧 Gemma Whelan is the kind of narrator I know I can count on. Versatile of accent, smooth of tone and dry of wit, she delivers a characteristically strong performance.
💚 The world building is comprehensive and fascinating, albeit (ahem) dark.

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COULD HAVE LOVED MORE

I would have liked the emphasis to lean further towards exploring the post-apocalyptic side, but that’s a preference rather than a flaw.
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SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO…

A Lee Child style thriller set in a Day After Tomorrow World.

A page-turning thriller.

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I really loved the premise of this book and thought it was very well delivered. Very exciting.

Fantastic

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Well written and performed. I will look out for more from the author and narrator.

Well written and performed

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A good addition to the post apocalyptic genre. Well written and well narrated. Didn't realise who the author or the narrator were until the 'extra bit's at the end and was surprised to find out that I knew who they were (not in real life but from telly / radio).

Plot was well paced. I fell for a few red herrings. Seemed so obvious story was going one way and then, whoa. off it went somewhere else. I like to be wrong in such things. keeps me interested.

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed the book and the performance. But this brings me onto my gripe, which appears in so many of my reviews. Where is the bloody ending?

It is so obvious that this story has to continue, even if that was not the original intention of the author. Too many loose ends, Plot threads and characters not even close to be done with, and no clue as to how they are likely to end. Great you may say - book 2. BUT if this is the first in a series, the readers should be told that. And if not we should get a real ending. The author hasn't even committed to writing a book 2 - just 'a desire to return to this world' to paraphrase. Grrrrrrr....

Conspiracies at the end of the world..

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