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The Last Ship

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The Last Ship

By: William Brinkley
Narrated by: Christopher Lane
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Summary

Hailed "an extraordinary novel of men at war" (Washington Post), The Last Ship is the book that inspired the TNT mini series starring Eric Dane, Rhona Mitra, and Adam Baldwin, with Michael Bay as executive producer.

The unimaginable has happened: The world has been plunged into all-out nuclear war. Sailing near the Arctic Circle, the USS Nathan James is relatively unscathed, but the future is grim and Captain Thomas is facing mutiny from the tattered remnants of his crew. With civilization in ruins, he urges those that remain - 152 men and 26 women - to pull together in search of land. Once they reach safety, however, the men and women on board realize that they are the earth's last remaining survivors - and they've all been exposed to radiation. When none of the women seems able to conceive, fear sets in. Will this be the end of humankind?

This thrilling tale of post apocalyptic suspense is perfect for readers of Going Home by A. American, Lights Out by DavidCrawford, The End and The Long Road by G. Michael Hopf, and One Second After by William Forstchen.

©1988 William Brinkley (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Action & Adventure Espionage Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Military Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense War & Military Exciting
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Really enjoyed this novel and storyline, it was slightly repetitive in places. Great narrator also

Great story and narrator

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I felt like it was written in the style of Moby Dick, very well written. narration excellent!

Excellent listen!

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A deeply detailed account of the crew of the USS Nathan James post nuclear war.

The book itself uses incredibly detailed language and visualisation to bring to the life the grim outcome of global nuclear holocaust. At times this may seem unnecessary or indeed ‘boring’ but I can assure you it’s a fantastic story.

I struggle at times with audiobooks but I found this reading and indeed this very book to be easily projected into images and imagination with no struggle whatsoever. The reader even uses slight variations of voices to bring to life more of the characters and it’s very enjoyable. This has lead me to a 5/5 rating across the board for this book.

As for the some of the feminist brigade complaints and comments and ratings from some, please ignore them.

Excellent

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This is a very enjoyable story, but unlike the TVs series this is not about a global pandemic, oh no! Something far worse!
Some interesting plot twists thrown in for good measure.
Majority of the story is told from a first person perspective, not an un-enjoyable format but unlike my usual authors (Patrick O'brian, Julian Stockwin)
It is long, 29hours or so.

I will be listening to it again.

Not the TVs series story!

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The story was good but I felt had a lot of repetition, needlessly long and struggled to finish it. It was a slog! Well written, and a good story but could have been more exciting a real "page" turner but took me over a month to finish. The narration was excellent

Long

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