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The Day of the TriffidsThe Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Triffids are actually a side concern in this book. While they are a threat to those involved, they are also just a nuisance. The story is about people and how they react and or cope with a disaster that could not be anticipated.

The Triffids have spread around the world and nobody knows where they came from. The best thing about them is they secret and oil that is profitable, the worst is that they are able to use their roots to actually walk and use a stinger to release a poison when they strike someone.

We then have the earth pass through a comet tail which creates a meteor shower that is viewed by people around the world. The next day those who saw it are blind.

The story follows those who are sighted and what they endure trying to survive in a world that is fast falling into chaos. Roaming gangs of the sighted, blind people being used as slaves, and the triffids taking advantage of the situation.

There are no major scares or high emotion, just good story telling.

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Swan Song

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Swan SongSwan Song by Robert R. McCammon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book takes you on an epic journey as we follow Swan, a child who has an extraordinary power within her and her guardian Josh (black Frankenstein)as they travel the country after a nuclear war. Along the way they run into people both dangerous and helpful who make their lives more enriched. In each state their are survivors and they are moving toward something they can’t understand. In New York we meet a homeless woman who is called Sister Creep she survives the blast and finds a wondrous piece of glass in the burned out hulk of a jewelry store on 5th Ave which gives her hope for the future. Under a mountain in Idaho a young boy survives and becomes twisted by his association with a military leader after the lights go out and things fall apart, starting a quest to destroy and conquer.

This is a story of good and evil in the aftermath of a world changing event. The big difference is that you can spot both after a transformation that none expected.

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