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One
One
Author: Conrad Williams
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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The Earth is blasted and burned by an unexplained force and a relative handful of people survive, subsisting on what little food remains and dodging some ravenous creatures created by a space-borne organism. The tale is one of unrelieved misery and loss. In fact, it is monotonously endlessly repetitive. I kept reading hoping that the plot would develop. It didnt.