John Birmingham’s ANGELS OF VENGEANCE
August 16, 2011 at 3:25 pm 7 comments
The final battle for America and the New World will not be fought with armies, but in the quiet and the dark, by individuals, driven towards vengeance and annihilation.
This is the third brilliant book in “The Disappearance” trilogy that started with WITHOUT WARNING and AFTER AMERICA. If you haven’t read those two books yet turn around and do it now.
I devoured this book as soon as it turned up as I have been dying to see how the series would end (or if it would). Birmingham has skilfully managed to give each book in the series uniqueness but at the same time joining them seamlessly.
WITHOUT WARNING, which I think was originally meant to be a stand alone, was built brilliantly on the premise of America being completely wiped out on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It was predominately a political thriller as Birmingham explored all the permutations of a world without America.
AFTER AMERICA was classic book two stuff (think Empire Strikes Back). It was dominated by the attempted takeover of New York by hostile forces. The political element was still there but this was full-scale action played out on an epic stage.
ANGELS OF VENGEANCE is the fiery conclusion. Birmingham scales back the story and gets up close and personal with two characters familiar to readers from books one and two and one that has been on the periphery of the first two books. What is really fantastic is that they are all female. This action-packed, viscerally violent, intriguing page-turner is driven by three strong female leads.
As the titles suggests book three is all about settling scores. From the jungles of South America to the “new Deadwood” that is now Darwin, Birmingham builds the action towards the final showdown we’ve been waiting for since WITHOUT WARNING. It’s not all roses for our heroes but I wouldn’t want it to be , that’d be boring. A great ending to a great series that makes you think, makes you laugh out loud and leaves you gasping for breath!
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Entry filed under: Book Reviews. Tags: America, apocalit, books, female heroes, political, thriller.
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paulboylan | August 21, 2011 at 7:51 am
Sounds great. Can’t wait to get hold of a copy.
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Jon Page | August 22, 2011 at 8:43 am
Out November 1st
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Mark Scott Ramsey | August 24, 2011 at 1:52 pm
When will it be released?
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Jon Page | August 24, 2011 at 2:17 pm
November 1st
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Suzanne Hawthorne | August 29, 2011 at 9:22 am
When will Angels of Vengeance be published in USA?
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Jon Page | August 29, 2011 at 9:40 am
April 2012
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Ystyn Francis | May 16, 2012 at 12:04 pm
John Birmingham is one of my favourite authors, however, across his last six books this feels the weakest because the epic-ness is parred back. I liked it, but didn’t love it like those previous.