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A review by shells
Revelations by Paul Antony Jones
5.0
This journey started with Emily so long ago and I am pleased with its conclusion.
And yay, Thor lives!
In book one we were treated to the frightening aspect of an invading species of dangerous proportions. First a bloody red rain fell. From there, people were turned, formed into new life forms that further aided the planets changes. But Emily was the only one left and she soon learned that she wouldn't be able to stay where she was. Naive and somewhat hopeless, she headed out on a bicycle. And picked up a protective dog along the way. She made contact with another survivor with the help of a satellite radio and with no other choice, she and Thor headed to him.
In book two, Emily has struggled her way through the new world, where she finally finds other survivors. A man and his two children. They are safe, for the moment, holed up in a house far from others. She finally convinces them that they need to leave, and their small homely security is shattered one night when the threat becomes all too real. Emily escapes, with the two children only, and they head out, now in a car that Emily is less than stellar at driving.
They find a motel that is relatively safe and hole up for a night. But soon, the young boy becomes ill and Emily realizes he too, is changing. She makes a horribly necessary choice and then it's only Emily and the girl, Rhiannon. They are on the move again. Across Canada to find Jacob, the man she's been speaking with over the satellite phone.
Through more struggle and close brushes with death, Emily, Rhia, and Thor finally find Jacob. Only to realize he hasn't told them everything. Emily and Rhia both feel duped by him and react, in a somewhat childish way.
In book three we learn there are other survivors. They are welcomed to the frozen world Emily has escaped to. A submarine full of naval men. With the help of the captain of the ISS, they decide to plot a course to an area of the world that looks habitable, mostly free of the now all-encompassing red that has suffocated the Earth.
Once there they begin setting up house. The captain of the ISS informs Emily that she and a few other crew members will be able to join them via an escape ship. However, that chance is taken with the appearance of large craft in the space surrounding Earth which causes the ISS to crash to Earth.
And Emily and the rest of the survivors learn that the world is changing in other frightening ways. It becomes clear that everything is being reduced to nothing, used for the propagation of the new alien environment and its disturbing new denizens.
With their numbers dwindling, and the threat of the unknown via the crashed space ship, Emily and Mac set out to find answers. Only, Emily has no idea just what the answers she will find are going to be nor what those answers will mean to the remaining members of humanity.
It's a well played ending to a ride of unimaginable horror. When something else decides that humanity is no longer healthy for the planet it thrives upon, drastic steps are taken to fix that. At a horrible cost. Those that make these decisions do so with no malice. Instead, it is seen as simply a necessary action. But they are not without some sense of empathy, and they offer the remaining members of the human species a chance. Emily and all those left, will become the new age of mankind, bringing forth a new world where their past will become the stuff of fables.
And yay, Thor lives!
In book one we were treated to the frightening aspect of an invading species of dangerous proportions. First a bloody red rain fell. From there, people were turned, formed into new life forms that further aided the planets changes. But Emily was the only one left and she soon learned that she wouldn't be able to stay where she was. Naive and somewhat hopeless, she headed out on a bicycle. And picked up a protective dog along the way. She made contact with another survivor with the help of a satellite radio and with no other choice, she and Thor headed to him.
In book two, Emily has struggled her way through the new world, where she finally finds other survivors. A man and his two children. They are safe, for the moment, holed up in a house far from others. She finally convinces them that they need to leave, and their small homely security is shattered one night when the threat becomes all too real. Emily escapes, with the two children only, and they head out, now in a car that Emily is less than stellar at driving.
They find a motel that is relatively safe and hole up for a night. But soon, the young boy becomes ill and Emily realizes he too, is changing. She makes a horribly necessary choice and then it's only Emily and the girl, Rhiannon. They are on the move again. Across Canada to find Jacob, the man she's been speaking with over the satellite phone.
Through more struggle and close brushes with death, Emily, Rhia, and Thor finally find Jacob. Only to realize he hasn't told them everything. Emily and Rhia both feel duped by him and react, in a somewhat childish way.
In book three we learn there are other survivors. They are welcomed to the frozen world Emily has escaped to. A submarine full of naval men. With the help of the captain of the ISS, they decide to plot a course to an area of the world that looks habitable, mostly free of the now all-encompassing red that has suffocated the Earth.
Once there they begin setting up house. The captain of the ISS informs Emily that she and a few other crew members will be able to join them via an escape ship. However, that chance is taken with the appearance of large craft in the space surrounding Earth which causes the ISS to crash to Earth.
And Emily and the rest of the survivors learn that the world is changing in other frightening ways. It becomes clear that everything is being reduced to nothing, used for the propagation of the new alien environment and its disturbing new denizens.
With their numbers dwindling, and the threat of the unknown via the crashed space ship, Emily and Mac set out to find answers. Only, Emily has no idea just what the answers she will find are going to be nor what those answers will mean to the remaining members of humanity.
It's a well played ending to a ride of unimaginable horror. When something else decides that humanity is no longer healthy for the planet it thrives upon, drastic steps are taken to fix that. At a horrible cost. Those that make these decisions do so with no malice. Instead, it is seen as simply a necessary action. But they are not without some sense of empathy, and they offer the remaining members of the human species a chance. Emily and all those left, will become the new age of mankind, bringing forth a new world where their past will become the stuff of fables.