Review - Smolder by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus

Title: Smolder

Author: Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus

Series: Flashpoint

Pages: 146

Release Date: October 25^th 2019

Format: eBook

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Synopsis: World governments fall apart as their populations die off en masse, and the few survivors left work to find a way to survive in Flashpoint Book 2....

Half of the earth's population has been wiped out. Impossible to predict or stop, the Gamma Ray Burst tore through the Earth like a bullet, its radiation wave killing hundreds of millions and the aftereffects ensuring the deaths of billions more.

Now, as the world crumbles around them, a ragtag group of survivors make for the only home they know - the small town of Mercy. Spared the worst of the GRB's effects, the town is isolated, safe and self-sufficient - for now. The flash hasn't just decimated the Earth's population, though. It's brought out the worst in many of those who are still alive.

Survival in this new world doesn't just depend on preparedness - it depends on strength.

*****

It's the one disaster no one can plan for. A rogue cosmic event called a Gamma Ray Burst, sending a spike of radiation through the earth like a .50 caliber bullet through a ripe watermelon. It's speculated that such an event hit the Earth at some point in the past, causing a mass extinction event. With two potential sources for a GRB pointed directly at our heads, the chances of another one happening in our lifetime is remote... but still possible.

In Flashpoint, we explore such an event and the havoc it would wreak across the entire planet. From destroying our atmosphere to millions dying from incredibly painful radiation exposure, a GRB would be unpredictable and unavoidable for everyone, rich and poor, prepared and unprepared alike.

Flashpoint is a six-book miniseries-like event, written by Tara Ellis and #1 best-selling post-apocalyptic author Mike Kraus. This thrilling post-apocalyptic survival series will have you second-guessing the very nature of post-apocalyptic disaster scenarios and leave you breathless with every turn of the page.

My Review: Smolder is the second book in the series and it follows on from where book one left off. This story is easy to read and follow

The survivors are on their way to Mercy as this is where their family are.

The second story introduces some new characters who are a part of the military and they are now trying to get some semblance of control so that they can start setting up camps to save people.

Danny and Sam are making their way closer to Mercy and along the way encounter trouble but also end up inviting someone to join them.

Tom is injured but he goes looking for his son Ethan.

Ethan is still with his captors but manages to leave a note for his father to help find him, will Ethan and Tom be reunited?

Russell decides to take shelter in people’s houses, eating their food and drinking their water luckily for them they are not home and on his way to Mercy runs into some military, will he get found out or will they let him pass them by?

The one thing I like about this multi perspective series is that each time it goes back to the next character it continues their story and does not repeat anything from the last time we read from their point of view.

I’m really looking forward to reading #3

Currently Reading: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K Rowling

Read in 2020: 6/35