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    Breakers
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    Breakers
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    Breakers

    By Edward W. Robertson

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    In New York, Walt Lawson is about to lose his girlfriend Vanessa. In Los Angeles, Raymond and Mia James are about to lose their house. Within days, none of it will matter.

    When Vanessa dies of the flu, Walt is devastated. But she isn't the last. The virus quickly kills billions, reducing New York to an open grave and LA to a chaotic wilderness of violence and fires. As Raymond and Mia hole up in an abandoned mansion, where they learn to function without electricity, running water, or neighbors, Walt begins an existential walk to LA, where Vanessa had planned to move when she left him. He expects to die along the way.

    Months later, a massive vessel appears above Santa Monica Bay. Walt is attacked by a crablike monstrosity in a mountain stream. The virus that ended humanity wasn't created by humans. It was inflicted from outside. The colonists who sent it are ready to finish the job--and Earth's survivors may be too few and too weak to resist.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEdward W. Robertson
    Release dateAug 10, 2012
    ISBN9781476120362
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    • 5/5
      The Breakers Series by Edward W. Robertson is an absolutely captivating, original, character-filled, compelling post-apocalyptic tale. The world building is detailed, so believable as to be completely transparent and absorbing. The logic of what has happened to end the world (a plague) fits together nicely, with no wrong steps or weird missing facts. It is chillingly realistic. Then, each book in the series introduces a new set of characters and follows them as they navigate through the apocalyptic world. Mr Robertson has a knack for showing his characters as deeply flawed people, but leading the reader to come to understand and respect (if not like) them -- even the most socially retarded and selfish ones. Each book concentrates upon several of these characters, but is filled with interesting secondary characters who are also well drawn out and multi-dimensional. And, in what I considered a bonus gift, characters from the earlier novels appear or are referenced in later books. This constant weaving together threads from different novels reinforces the overall story (of a world collapsed, with survivors fighting for their lives) and somehow makes it more believable and real. I hope that Mr. Robertson will continue writing these books forever and ever. If you haven't discovered this series yet you are in for a treat. Start at the beginning so you can experience the complete story fully. Then join me in asking for more books in the series!Book 1, Breakers, is told from the viewpoint of Walt (in NY) and Raymond and Mia (California). Walt goes on a long road trip and ends up meeting up with Mia, Raymond, and some other notable characters including Otto.
    • 4/5
      A mysteriously illness overcomes the US and leads to the breakdown of society. Then after struggling to make sense of the loss of a majority of the population, it's disclosed that it was part of a bigger plan and that a rebellion must be formed. Really fun sci-fi with some touching moments and interesting personal dynamics.
    • 4/5
      When I was a young girl I made the mistake of watching War of the Worlds, something a child with a fear of aliens should never do. It catapulted me into years of nightmares and insomnia. Breakers takes that fear to a new level. It throws the reader into a world where humanity is almost annihilated from the planet earth. Many apocalyptic novels host a disease that is man made and often released by mistake courtesy of the government. This novel also hosts a disease but it is the product of a hostile alien life force which releases the disease then proceeds to remove any lingering survivors so that they may have earth for themselves. The story line follows a young couple from LA and a young man from New York City. The disease wipes out everyone Walt cares about including his girl friend, who we discover is about to leave him. In despair Walt sets out for Los Angeles which is where his deceased girl friend had wished to move to. He believes along the way he will meet his death and he is fine with that. He surprises himself to find himself still alive upon his arrival in LA which he takes as a sign that he should fight back against the aliens. The couple from LA, Mia and Raymond, are down on their luck when the disease ravages the country. They are content to move into a mansion and wait out the disease until they discover the enemy is not only the disease but the aliens who sent the disease to earth. Eventually Walt crosses their path and the trio sets out to join with rebel forces so that they can salvage the remnants of humanity. While I could relate to the young couple it was a bit more difficult to like Walt. Although the reader understands his claim to have loved his girl friend dearly we also get a feel for why she was not as enamored with him as he appears to be with her. I can not say this book was a real page turner for me but it did capture my interest. I wanted to see how Walt's journey would end and if Mia and Raymond would survive. I did appreciate that the novel was fairly fast paced. No lingering and dwelling on needless details.
    • 4/5
      Viruses, aliens, rebels. This gritty book takes us through the first days of life after universal anonymity. We follow two main stories, one from the west coast, one from the east.Robertson starts with characters who we don’t like much and helps us understand that heroes are not always found in the ‘good guy’ department of humanity.A bit like a dark Independence Day, it is the first of a series.Unknown
    • 5/5
      I read the first three books in the series (packaged deal) and could NOT stop reading! I love the way the Author writes and the characters that we love (or hate). I just started reading the 4th book in the series. Can't wait to see what happens!

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    • 4/5
      When I read the description of this book it reminded me of a mash up of Stephen King's The Stand and the TV series Falling Skies. I was surprised at how different it turned out to be. This story describes what two men do during an alien attack in which the first wave consists of a plague that kills off over 90% of the human population.Walt, from New York, decides to walk all the way to LA because that is where his dead girlfriend always wanted to go. It was his way to try and stay sane. During his journey he runs into other survivors who are less than happy to deal with any strangers. Then one day he has a run in with aliens and he begins to piece together the puzzle of what is happening.Raymond was barely surviving with his wife, Mia, in LA when the plague hit. Rioting and looting all over the city makes Raymond and Mia stay hidden in their house until the worst of it blows over. They move into one of the unoccupied mansions on the beach, start a garden and start to form a comfortable existence, until the day they see the mother ship hover over their city.This fast-paced, gripping story has an interesting twist at the end. I would recommend that this book be proofread again since I found lots of typos and grammatical errors. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed reading it
    • 4/5
      3 and 1/2 stars, actually, so I rounded up to 4.Great concept, just could use better flow.This is the first book in the Breakers Series. The story was good the writing was "glitchy" at times, yeah, I'm going to go with glitchy. It was interesting enough for me to know what happens in the other books in the series. The story is told from two point of views: Raymond and Mia and Walt. I liked Mia and Raymond's story best. Walt does get more likable toward the end, when you see that he does have some redeeming qualities. I felt like I really got to know these characters fairly well. There were lots of typo's and passages that didn't make any sense, I had to reread them; sometimes more than once to understand what was being said. Overall, I did like it and if you like end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/virus/aliens kinds of stories then you should read it.15+ for somewhat mature audiences.

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