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The politics and philosophies of the characters were all a bit too extremely far right-wing and conservative for me (I almost gave up on page 19 where we're told that protagonist Patrick 'was just old enough and just enough of a reactionary that he had never been completely comfortable about shaking hands with women, although for the most part he had gotten used to it in the service.' I mean, what the heck does that even mean? I thought fear of girl-cooties ended with the Eisenhower administration.), but I persevered and overall found it to be a nice survivalist adventure if you cross your eyes and don't ask too many questions.

It's quite like a number of apocalyptic novels that were quite popular in the 1950's, after the Japan bombings in WWII, and it's a real shame that Pat Frank and Nevil Shute and countless more sf genre titles are still quite relevant and timely so many years in their future.

This is a well done if fairly standard story of a group of people who survive a nuclear war by buying space in a missile silo that's been turned into a survival bunker. Johnstone had lived for many years in Shreveport, Louisiana, yet died in Knoxville, TN, at the age of 65. He also authored two novels under the pseudonym William Mason.

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His main publication series were Mountain Man, The First Mountain Man, Ashes and Eagles and his own personal favorite novel was The Last of the Dog Team (1980). He wrote close to two hundred books in numerous genres, including suspense and horror. Johnstone started his writing career in 1970, but did not have any works published until 1979 ( The Devil's Kiss) and became a full-time writer in 1980. He later served in the Army and, upon returning to civilian life, worked in radio broadcasting for 16 years. He quit school when he was fifteen and worked in a carnival and as a deputy sheriff. His father was a minister and his mother a school teacher. William Wallace Johnstone was a prolific American author, mostly of western, horror and survivalist novels.īorn and raised in southern Missouri, Johnstone was the youngest of four children. MAYBE THE DEAD ARE REALLY THE LUCKY ONES. And they must kill without mercy to stay alive. Larkin has to convince the others they must work together as a team to survive. Outside, armed marauders surround the bunker and they want in. Holed up in their fortified sanctuary, with a maximum capacity of three hundred people, the bunker is pushed to its limits and so are the people locked inside. But Larkin and his family are the lucky ones or so they think. No one knows if the last day on Earth will ever end.

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But then reality strikes with devastating suddenness, razing cities in a searing flash across the nation, all of it witnessed by terrified Americans on TV and the Internet. It was a decision based on easing his wildest, most unimaginable nuclear fears. Six weeks ago, former US Marine Patrick Larkin purchased shares in a massive high-tech, state of the art underground missile silo for his family. From the bestselling authors of Black Friday, Tyranny, and Stand Your Ground comes a shattering novel of the last days of civilization and the final battle for humanity.

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