The world thought Coronavirus was bad…They were very, very wrong!A lethal mega-virus. A cruise ship in chaos. An unlikely saviour.On a dream anniversary cruise with his wife Shelly, Craig Nicholls finds himself in the midst of anarchy as a deadly pandemic spreads across the globe. On the luxurious Sapphire Star, many hundreds of passengers succumb to the deadly mega-virus, including the … the deadly mega-virus, including the Captain, and as the crisis mounts, with nowhere to dock and an overwhelmed medical staff unable to cope, Craig witnesses society collapse in the face of chaos.
Craig crosses a brash Texan oilman with an army discharge record, who senses an opportunity to take control, using whatever means necessary.
Third Officer Balzan owes his glamorous career to his gangster roots. But the payback required will bring terror and probable death for Craig, Shelly and every survivor on the doomed ship.
Like it or not, Craig realises he’s the only hope to stem the on board outbreak, stop the Texan’s violent coup, and save the last survivors from the lethal threats of piracy and…
The worst virus humanity has ever known.
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A VERY GRIPPING MÉDICAL THRILLER !
Nowadays, on Saint Lucia Island high security laboratory, the scientist Charlie Ambrose is working hard on dangerous viruses to get a brand new vaccine.
Unluckily there is an accident and he’s contaminated.
Then an incredible amount of events will allow the virus spread among the World…
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What an incredible and awful Travel on this enormous cruise ship!
A gripping plot, so many interesting and realistic characters, twists and turns, and a deadly virus will keep you breathless during your reading.
It couldn’t seems more real…
A MUST READ medical thriller!
I do recommend this book.
How did they know?? This is one heck of thriller, written before the Covid-19 pandemic, which makes it all the scarier. The authors have set the viral infection afloat, like what really happened in the early stages of the current events. Either these guys are psychics, or they are deeply informed as to what has actually happened. (Cough *CIA* Cough) It’s way too accurate to just be happenstance. I couldn’t read it fast enough! There is only one problem…the current story ended too soon so I don’t know what is going to happen. I will just have to keep on social distancing and wearing a mask until…
I received an ARC of ARK (sorry…) from the authors. Now, they have me hooked and I will just keep checking for the next book in the series.
*slight spoilers*As we all hear constantly on the news, the Covid-19/Coronavirus has spread literally world-wide, including on more than one cruise ship, that’s been badly affected by the spread of this potentially deadly infection, which is merciless to its victims and their nearest and dearest.
Imagine then, a scenario where an evil foreign power conspires with a psychopathic money-loving US oil baron to use not one, but three covert institutions (where scientists are coerced or bribed), to mutate the existing strain, by combining it with rabies and other deadly viral strains, to create an uncontrollable mega-virus, to be used as a weapon to blackmail their way to global domination, as in Steven Moore and Jay Tisiano’s exciting new thriller ARK: Outbreak (A Mega-virus Apocalyptic Thriller Book 1), that has more than a grain of truth in it, given the current circumstances.When the resulting combination is insecurely smuggled aboard a packed Caribbean cruise ship, the Sapphire Star and proceeds to contaminate passengers and crew alike, the resulting panic and rising death toll cause devastation to all.
MCs husband and wife Craig and Shelley have to do all in their power to survive, (as they lead the way to save as many other passengers as possible). And when armed, insulated pirates are smuggled aboard, Armageddon is only a heartbeat away.Who will survive? Who will escape? Can they contain the outbreak before the ship is destroyed, one way or another?
Get your copy of ARK: OUTBREAK (A Mega-virus Apocalyptic Thriller Book 1), by the new pairing of Steven Moore and Jay Tinsiano and enjoy reading this spine-tingling, all-action thriller, that’s bang up-to-date with its subject matter.Don’t wait until they’re all sold out – this great book is a 5-star best-seller that will keep you glued to your seat – and not just because you’re self-isolating!
A luxury cruise is supposed to be fun and special. Craig and Shelly are on their first cruise ever and things start out well. A series of events intersect on board and the ship is fast becoming a place of doom and gloom. Will Craig and Shelly make it to land or will their 25th anniversary be their last?
Considering current events, this book got down right scary and somewhat realistic.
Moore and Tinsiano have written a very timely novel in Ark: Outbreak. This page-turner gives a whole new meaning to cruise ships. When an engineered deadly virus spreads amongst the passengers and crew, the nature of the people will come to light, whether good or bad. An edge of your seat thriller that does end in a cliffhanger. I am looking forward to the next installment in this series. I received a copy of this book for an honest review.
Rated R for language and brutality.
Great story, believable plot, well rounded characters, non-stop action. Kept me engaged (except for cringing at the constant f-bombs) right up until the senseless, weak ending. There was no resolution and there was a hated, abrupt cliffhanger. This was a packed full, complete book; why in the world would you not finish it?!
No place to hide….
The book relates the interactions between the crew and the passagiers of a cruise ship on route from the Caribbean to Portugal, while dealing with a potential life and death situation in very close quarters due to a deadly virus outbreak. How does a group of fully strangers behave when dealing with their ultimate fears?
As the virus inexorably spreads and the fate of the passagiers seem to be sealed, each one of them behaves according to their own nature. There are strong moral characters, such as the middle-aged married couple Craig and Shelley, fully egocentric figures as Donnie Manson, the oil-magnate son which sole interest is keeping on dilapidate as much as he gets. And, between both poles of the spectrum, there is a variety of characters that show all the aspects of human nature when confronted with an impossible situation, such a Villeneuve (the ship’s doctor) or Balzan (the third officer) which hides a secret of his own. Someway along the story, everyone is forced to accept the gravity of the situation and take action in absence of any outside help. The end offers the possibility of a new beginning…. could be seen as a cliffhanger or as a starting point for the reader to reach his own conclusions.
ARK Outbreak, the first collaboration of Steve Moore with Jay Tinsiano, and combines to perfection the writing style of both authors. Moore’s fast paced flood and his love of strong but very mainstream couples and Tinsiano’s predilection for dystopian, yet very realistic apocalyptic scenarios are interwoven which such precision, that it is almost impossible to discern where Moore stops and Tinsiano takes over, and vice-versa of course.
The book couldn’t not have been released at a most fitting time (February 2020), but it is in not terms an ”opportunistic” book, it is well written and well researched, and actual events aside, a worthy reading and, at barely 170 pages, a fast-paced reading, that could easily be consumed in no time, but will let a very lasting impression in the reader. The story is upsetting, realistic and shocking at times, with some few moments of great human behaviour and, first and foremost, a credible development of the story.
The authors have succeeded in exposing the facts in a detached yet very realistic way, just be warned, you could get a little more than you bargained for. just… maybe… if you feel triggered by the information in the news, just buy the book and put it on your “TBR” list…. this crisis too shall past…..