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The Sleep of the Gods (English Edition) Formato Kindle

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What would you do if you—and only you—learned the end of the world was about to occur? Unfortunately for Catherine Hayesly, she's about to find out.

It has been six long years since Catherine's last vacation. In another few weeks, she and her family will finally commence their dream trip of a lifetime. But then came the call. The one her high-ranking military husband, Warren, had warned might someday arrive. With a fateful string of cryptic words—and violating every security protocol—Warren informs Catherine of an impending world-altering event. With the clock ticking and her mind reeling, Catherine finds herself suddenly thrust into a nightmare of global, apocalyptic proportions. Left to fend for herself and her three children in the wake of Warren’s information, Catherine must abandon any semblance of her former life and commit to the only thing that now matters: survival. But confronting her at every turn is the event itself and the enigmatic origins surrounding it and all that it has wrought.
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Born near Grand Forks AFB in North Dakota, James has spent much of his life moving from place to place. Currently, he resides in mystical Japan with my wife and two boys. His latest release is the epic and hauntingly apocalyptic "The Sound." To learn more about James or his books, please visit www.jamessperl.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002ZG8DLK
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
  • Dimensioni file ‏ : ‎ 1736 KB
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Lori P Wickham
5,0 su 5 stelle Great read
Recensito in Canada il 24 luglio 2022
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Great summer read . Looking at the rest of the offerings from this author
Perfect for a quiet cottage afternoon
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Nina
5,0 su 5 stelle Forget the reviews from the "scientists"...this is GREAT!
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 18 luglio 2010
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I was hooked on this book right away. Perhaps the science isn't plausible to the scientists out there...but that didn't ruin a great story for me. Perhaps the biology was fuzzy. But that destroyed the whole book? I guess I am not that picky? It was a riveting story. To me this was more a book about the love of a mother for her chilren and family under horrific survival circumstances at the semi-end of the world. A mother watching her children grow up--in a fast forward as the circumstances demanded them to do. The tenaciousness of a mother for her young...the sacrifices she makes. This is a novel about the human condition and humans in general--men and women. It was fascinating and took me on a wild rollercoaster ride with more than one breathtaking turn, rise, and plunge. So many characters I will not forget easily for a long time. Janet and Josh I doubt ever will. Take a chance on this one if you can see and appreciate the big picture and get immersed in it--it won't be that hard, believe me! I hope you take my encouragement...and I hope in your case, I am right. You will stay up late to read it and turn the pages so fast you don't need to use a fan during the heat of the day!
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David L.
4,0 su 5 stelle Excellent But You Have To Suspend Belief In More Ways Than One
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 3 ottobre 2010
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I enjoyed this book very much, reading it almost non-stop over two days and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys apocalyptic fiction. I especially enjoyed the main character being a woman and a mother as it gave really different angle on this type of story.

That said, here is the good and bad as I think of the book after I read it, not during:

****ATTENTION SPOILERS BELOW****

******SERIOUSLY SPOILERS SO STOP READING IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THIS STUFF******

*****I'M NOT KIDDING - SPOILERS!!!!

Good:

1. The main character is realistically written and a welcome change from the typical man take on things. You root for her the whole way and if your a mother you know you would act in exactly the way she does (or if you have been married to one for as many years as I have)

2. The take on the "zombies" is different and entertaining. And even believable in many ways - who knows what kind of life forms are developing on our planet that could change our lives forever? No eating brains in this story and as much as I love a good brain being eaten, I found this refreshing.

3. The writing is good. The main characters - her kids mainly - are well developed. The ending is great.

BAD:

When I said you would have to suspend belief in more ways that one I meant that besides suspending belief that zombies exist, you have to suspend belief in some major plot issues which follow:

1. No way a Lt Col in the Air Force has the money to build the fantastic, and no doubt crazy expensive, methods of escape/safety and survival that this guy built for his family. Sure he could have swung a nice boat and built that shelter in the back yard on his budget but that shelter out in the country? Please. You're talking a million bucks and maybe more for that thing. (I was an Air Force officer so I know this to be a fact.)

2. Also no way her husband would have been able to hook her up with encrypted computer equipment and all this other stuff that made it possible for her to contact him. He'd have been busted easy.

3. And even if he did have that kind of money (trust fund?), when would he have had time to build it? Yes, they took off a couple of times a year for "vacations" which would have been plenty to stock and learn to sail the boat, but build that shelter in the country? Please, two people simply could not have done it. It would take a slew of construction firms to do it and even if they left the construction to those firms most of the time, they would still have to supervise way more than they said they went out there.

4. Which leads me to the next issue - security and secrecy at the site of the shelter. Any construction worker who worked on the thing is going to know its location and probably end up out there with his or her family just waiting for it to be opened up. I know I would be.

5. My next issue is WHY did they get on the boat in the first place? If the whole story was that he would call her and give her a code that tells her the "end of the world" is coming and nothing else, wouldn't it be better for them to head straight to that shelter in the country? If it had been a nuclear attack how the hell would they be able to come back even after a few months and make it through the radiation to get in the radiation proof shelter? Assuming they survived the attack even at sea. Obviously the story was set up that way (the boat trip) so that they could come back and have no idea what had happened, and that's fine because it carried the story along, but seriously, it's a major flaw.

6. The infamous key. What, they only had one? Seriously, I guess it makes sense that the key to the shelter at their house would stay at their house, but why did the country shelter key have to stay at the house? They couldn't hide one above ground near the country shelter? All that money spent on the place and they couldn't put a key in a box hidden somewhere near there that only they knew about? And it's just a fricken key anyway - why didn't she keep one on each of her key chains? Most people have keys on their key chains that they don't even remember where they go so it wouldn't be a big deal. Or maybe a key hidden on the boat? Sigh.

7. There are some other issues - only one handgun and a .22 rifle for protection for example. You can buy a few handguns, a couple of M4s and a thousand rounds on that guy's budget I am sure. Also, the zombies seem to be quite few in number and that perplexed me at first - shouldn't there be millions of them? But then I thought they must have been dying off in great numbers until they got smart enough to fix their weakness so it made sense. Still, a two paragraph of explanation of that would have been good.

Anyway, despite these issues I really enjoyed the book. You might think that is a contradiction but no, not really, because all these thoughts sprang up AFTER I read the book and had time to think on it. WHILE I was reading it I brushed them off and just enjoyed the story, which was very entertaining.

This writer is good, and he could be even better if he plugs holes like this in future books.

So that's it . . . and now to quote Dennis Miller . . .

"Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong."
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JeffJ
5,0 su 5 stelle outstanding effort leads a thrilling character-driven plot
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 26 dicembre 2010
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This book was great. The synopsis is well written so it is not repeated here. The driving force in this book are the parents' love for their children combined with self preservation. The kids have their own inner demons as do all kids, especially the 18 year old son in The Sleep of the Gods. The book is written so well that you get pulled into their family unit, understanding their relationships deeply. This includes their self doubts, and during a crisis self doubts begets a myriad of behaviors which are exposed during the course of the book.

The story plays out a bit slowly and information is delivered to the reader in a tantalizing fashion. Sometimes it is a bit overdone when you feel like you are wading through two or three pages to receive a breadcrumb of information. But in real life that happens too.

I appreciate a well developed plot, and found one here. I find well-developed character stories to drive empathy and that is done quite well here. The characters here, including the mother (main character) all have faults, and that led to a believable and fun read.

The underlying "zombie" storyline didn't seem to have much basis in science but to this book's credit, that is not the focus of the plot. The focus was how the family and other survivors dealt with crisis as it kept popping up.

I reserve 5 stars to only the very best books such as Stephen King's The Stand. The Sleep of the Gods is memorable and worthy of high ratings.
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J. Scheetz
4,0 su 5 stelle Great read for a good price
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 25 febbraio 2011
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This book is wonderful. It fulfills many of the pre-requisites of post apocalyptic genre. End of the know world, check, dirt ball survivors, check, redeemable lost souls, check. This was a very fast read and while I did find myself at times questioning the story line or just blatantly saying to myself "this is BS," the quality of the writing and the story itself kept me into the book. If I could offer some pointers to any would be authors looking to write a book about the end of the word, go to a gunshop, police station or military base and do some research on what they actually know vs what you see on tv. I found the amount of research that Mr. Sperl did on survival methods, and contingencies and the supporting tech, materials and implementation, nothing short of amazing, he then skimps on firearms, training and tactics, creating characters that while likable and engaging have no basis in reality. Not that it would matter to someone who doesn't know but, nothing ruins the illusion faster for me than a character that really has no clue or even worse one that should have no clue but is transformed into Rambo, jack bauer, and macgyver all in one. All in all, I have to say that at a kindle price of $2.99 you would be stupid not to read this book. Good luck to you Mr. Sperl
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