In the face of a death-defying power, what’s the “new normal”?Like all reporters, Jack longs for a breaking story but is stuck writing obituaries for a small-town rag. As his frustration mounts, it hits him that no one has died in over three days. Jack’s odd observation becomes something far stranger when he connects a meteorite to the bizarre phenomenon.Seizing the opportunity, Jack breaks the … opportunity, Jack breaks the story and after a struggle to control the meteorite’s power is resolved, a swelling population begins to create havoc. With the survival of the human race hanging in the balance, politicians enact increasingly horrific measures and desperate citizens take matters into their own hands.
Jack’s in a position to not just report the news, but change it, and his decisions and observations creates an epic thriller that pits the potential of human immortality against a force designed to change – or obliterate – humanity itself.
Only one man might stand in its way … the man buried in the obits department.
The Final Enemy is a story of social disintegration as well as a saga of survival. Secret plans, starvation, suicide, and a series of events that spiral the human race into a desperate survival mode evolve from a seemingly singular event and leads to a fast-paced action story that delights with its penchant for the unexpected.
In the Matthew Mather and A.G. Riddle tradition, The Final Enemy is a gripping blend of thriller and science fiction that will prove hard to put down.
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Dan is one of my favorite authors. His stories never disappoint!
Yikes! If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if mankind’s proverbial ‘final enemy’ (death) was defeated, Dan Petrosini explores what might happen. Very realistic and disturbing.
The Final Enemy was a good read by Dan Petrosini. Jack is a reporter who is longing for his breaking story. He is looking for a story when he realizes that no one has died in over three days and he connects it to a meteorite. He breaks the story which results in no one dying which create havoc. The human races survival is hanging in the balance and politicians take horrific measures. I really enjoyed reading this book and cant wait to read more by the author.
The Final Enemy – a review by Rosemary Kenny
A realistic warning is contained in Daniel Petrosini’s great novel The Final Enemy, after a meteorite strike, witnessed by journalist Jack Amato in Iowa one night, leads to his realisation that no-one has been dying ever since. (He ought to know, as he was the one writing obituaries in his local paper, searching for a story other than local pet shows and other ‘non-news’). Now he seeks out the meteorite’s path and realises it’s not just a local phenomenon.
Very soon, people seemingly becoming immortal is recognised as a great and growing problem, rather than a blessing, as food production is unable to keep up with demand and riots and looting become the norm, as people struggle to survive and the weak go under.
Although in reality the growing population of Earth is more likely to be due to the rising number of new births (rather than humans living longer than ever before), the result will inevitably become the same, one day. Well worth reading, The Final Enemy by Dan Petrosini is a thought-provoking and salutary message for your own treatment of the world, if we fail to protect it!
The Final Enemy (Kindle Edition), my first read from author Dan Petrosini, caught my attention in the opening pages & I never put it down until completed. Since I own other books by this author I was surprised to find I’d never read one before and in all truth, I picked up this one thinking it was the first book in The Luca Mystery series (Am I the Killer?). I look forward to reading more from this author. Joseph Kidawski’s narration adds to this unique book’s enjoyment. “I received a free Audible review copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.” (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 – July 24, 2018).
This story takes place in the near futute. In a world where natural death no longer exists and the chaos that ensues. I found the story highly unbelievable because I live in Iowa where the story begins. I got this book through storyorigins and this is my voluntary and honest review.
This review is for the audio book.
This was quite a different book for me, I tend to choose murder mysteries but thought I would give this book ago as the plot sounded interesting. I enjoyed it even if it did tug on the heart strings (yes I needed a tissue) and it is a book that gets you thinking “what if?” especially with the world like it is. It is obvious the author did a lot of research before writing this book and it shows.
Jack is the first reporter to notice the strange quinces between a meteorite crashing down on earth and tha lack of deaths in the surrounding area. As he breaks the story he has no idea what this means to the planet if everybody stopped dying. First is the problem of controlling who gets to visit the rock but as the worlds population begins to grow others problems start to arise like where is everyone going to live but the biggest and by far scariest one (I hope I don’t get nightmares) is what is everybody is going to eat and the solutions the Country’s different grovements come up with to solve the problem.
The narrator was very good and I really liked his accents especially the Scottish one.