The Last Day
Die eine Seite Hitze, die andere Eis - dazwischen der Kampf ums Überleben
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- 9,99 €
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- 9,99 €
Publisher Description
2059: Die Erde hat aufgehört sich zu drehen.
Die eine Hälfte ist endlose eisige Nacht, die andere nichts als sengende Hitze.
Nur in einem kleinen Bereich zwischen ihnen ist Überleben möglich.
In einem isolierten Großbritannien erhält die Wissenschaftlerin Ellen Hopper einen Brief von einem sterbenden Mann.
Er enthält ein begehrtes und verhängnisvolles Geheimnis.
Eines, für das die Regierung töten wird, um es zu bewahren ...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Murray's impressive eye for detail compensates for the scientifically preposterous premise of his debut. When a "rogue" white dwarf star passed dangerously close to Earth, it left the planet half scorched in sunlight and half frozen in darkness, with humanity barely hanging on in the dim zone between the extremes. Forty years after the disaster, dubbed "the Stop," Britain, in the middle zone, has descended into fascism. Depressed scientist Dr. Ellen Hopper conducts oceanic research on a rig in the North Sea, despite feeling her work is pointless. When Hopper is summoned to the deathbed of her Oxford mentor, Edward Thorne, a government scientist responsible for the deaths of countless refugees after the Stop, she catches wind of a secret that could spell further disaster for humankind. To save what's left of the world, Hopper launches an investigation into the government secret, rediscovering her hope for humanity along the way. Murray's despairing characters are convincing and his descriptions of the broken Earth are vivid, but his apocalypse is too conceptually contrived to be believable. Readers will easily invest in Hopper's mission, but will struggle to buy into Murray's vision of the future.
