Outpost

Paperback Published on: 04/08/2011
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Outpost
A new and dark take on zombies
A book that starts with the line 'I woke up this morning and decided to kill myself' isn't going to be the happiest one. And as soon as you find out that i... READ MORE
Kevin Ahmed

Synopsis

They took the job to escape the world
They didn't expect the world to end.

Kasker Rampart: a derelict refinery platform moored in the Arctic Ocean. A skeleton crew of fifteen fight boredom and despair as they wait for a relief ship to take them home.

But the world beyond their frozen wasteland has gone to hell. Cities lie ravaged by a global pandemic. One by one TV channels die, replaced by silent wavebands.

The Rampart crew are marooned. They must survive the long Arctic winter, then make their way home alone. They battle starvation and hypothermia, unaware that the deadly contagion that has devastated the world is heading their way...

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • ISBN: 9781444709049
  • Number of pages: 400
  • Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 30 mm
  • Weight: 280g
  • Languages: English

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Outpost
bleak end of the world novel, (with zombies)
This is a bleak ‘end of the world’ tale and is a promising debut, Skeleton crew on an oil rig off the coast of Norway become aware that something signific... READ MORE
Bretty