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Old 01-16-2010, 11:17 PM   #16
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Another good end-of-the-world title is Trinity's Child, by William Prochnau. Good solid Cold War stuff... the Soviets launch a nuclear attack on the USA, and we see it through the eyes of a B-52 bomber crew.

Another one is Arc Light by Eric L Harry. Again we have Nooclear Combat, toe to toe with the Rooskies. Not a bad one, although it's more of a limited nuclear exchange than Trinity's Child.

However, I'm not sure of the e-book availability of these titles. I read them in p-book format.

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Have you read _Refuge_ by Richard Herley. Great read set in a post pandemic world... not sure if this is what you are looking for.

You can get the book for free from his web site and on feedbooks.

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The mobi format has a proper Table of Contents for this book, fyi. So if you prefer your ebooks to have a TOC go with the mobi format. And then just convert it to epub or whatever format you prefer.
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Might I suggest A Canticle For Leibowitz. Just a terrific read.
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Might I suggest A Canticle For Leibowitz. Just a terrific read.
Ooh yes. I just saw that on the bargain shelf at Borders the other day too.
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Ooh yes. I just saw that on the bargain shelf at Borders the other day too.
Ok, we've go to break you of this pbook addiction you seem to have.

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Thanks guys for the awesome recommendations! I haven't read any of these, I don't believe - my nook's definitely going to be loaded on Tuesday now :P

I'm also interested in books that deal with the Knight's Templar and the Illuminati and all that (basically, Dan Brown.) Any recommendations for books like this?
The SIGMA series by James Rollins and the Cotton Malone series from Steve Berry deal with that and much much more. You could call the genre historical fiction, some of my favorites books!
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The SIGMA series by James Rollins and the Cotton Malone series from Steve Berry deal with that and much much more. You could call the genre historical fiction, some of my favorites books!
I tried getting through The Templar Legacy by Barry after a teacher recommended it (yeah, I'm still school age :P) but couldn't get through it... very slow read for me.

Haven't heard of the SIGMA series, although I did read The Judas Strain by Rollins. I'll have to check it out!
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Although its not quite the same, The Hunger Games and Catching Fire were absolutely amazing to me. I've gotten chills, nightmares, laughter and sadness all from those 2 books - can't wait for #3!
Does someone know where to get those from Suzanne Collins in ePub format readable on the Sony? I checked the usual suspects ; Sony Store, Kobobooks, Fictionwise, nada...

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I tried getting through The Templar Legacy by Barry after a teacher recommended it (yeah, I'm still school age :P) but couldn't get through it... very slow read for me.

Haven't heard of the SIGMA series, although I did read The Judas Strain by Rollins. I'll have to check it out!
I think you and I fell upon the same ebook freebies, because I started reading those authors with the same books (although the Judas Strain is the 4th book in the SIGMA series and I wasn't aware of it at the time, DOH!).

I generally prefer James Rollins vs Steve Berry ; I agree with you Steve's writing is slower!
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I think you and I fell upon the same ebook freebies, because I started reading those authors with the same books (although the Judas Strain is the 4th book in the SIGMA series and I wasn't aware of it at the time, DOH!).

I generally prefer James Rollins vs Steve Berry ; I agree with you Steve's writing is slower!
Actually, I have both of those books and the Hunger Game series as pbooks - not eBooks (actually haven't read a single eBook yet - waiting for my nook on Tuesday!)

Now I'll definitely have to check out the other SIGMA books, then. I seem to have a knack for starting in the middle of series books for some reason (such as reading The Da Vinci Code before Angels and Demons.)
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Templars? Illuminati? Look into Umberto Eco's "Focoult's Pendulum" but fair warning -- nothing Eco writes is not a lightweight read. Eco makes Brown's books look like "Illuminati for Dummies."
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I tried getting through The Templar Legacy by Barry after a teacher recommended it (yeah, I'm still school age :P) but couldn't get through it... very slow read for me.

Haven't heard of the SIGMA series, although I did read The Judas Strain by Rollins. I'll have to check it out!
The SIGMA series is great! I loved it... I was really impressed with the description of the different countries/towns.. One of the novels starts in Denmark, and his description of the setup was just spot-on...
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Nightworld by F. Paul Wilson.

I haven't read it yet, since it is the last book in his series, where it all comes together. So I need to wait until he wraps up his Repairman Jack series ... I hate reading things out of order
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