Refuge
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4.4 • 14 Ratings
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- £2.49
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- £2.49
Publisher Description
Like Herley's "The Penal Colony", this is a thriller set in the near future.
It is twelve years on from a global plague. John Suter believes himself the sole survivor. He has gradually come to terms with his fate and has settled into a steady and self-reliant daily routine.
One morning he finds a mutilated body in the river near his house. In his terror, Suter knows he has no choice but to investigate.
What he discovers upstream stretches his endurance to its limits and forces him to reassess not only his own humanity, but also his place within the human family he had once believed extinct.
WARNING: This book is not suitable for minors. It contains descriptions of violence, sexual activity and satanic worship which some readers may find disturbing.
Customer Reviews
Another taut thriller from an excellent author
This is more of a road-trip than the three-act structure of The Penal Colony. It is a compressed read taking place over a few days in the life of the proagonist and features a truly despicable antagonist.
Next on the Herley reading list, The Stone Arrow.
Refuge
I chose Refuge as my follow up first reading Herley's Penal Colony.
I have thoroughly enjoyed both. Herley has great style, vocabulary and understanding of people. His use of extreme environments as backdrops to these stories enables him to ask many social and political questions in an unassuming manner.
I'm already looking forward to my next choice from Herley.
Excellent
Like many other readers I discovered Richard Herley through Penal Colony. This book is equally engaging, a fantastic story, beautifully written. Wonderful, perceptive writing.