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Extinction Point (Extinction Point, 1) Paperback – February 19, 2013

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First comes the red rain: a strange, scarlet downpour from a cloudless sky that spreads across cities, nations, and the entire globe. In a matter of panicked hours, every living thing on earth succumbs to swift, bloody death. Yet Emily Baxter, a young newspaper reporter, is mysteriously spared―and now she’s all alone.

But watching the happy life she built for herself in New York City slip away in the wake of a monstrous, inexplicable plague is just the beginning of Emily’s waking nightmare. The world isn’t ending; it’s only changing. And the race that once ruled the earth has now become raw material for use by a new form of life never before seen…on this planet.

With only wits, weapons, and a bicycle, Emily must undertake a grueling journey across a country that’s turning increasingly alien. For though she fears she’s been left to inherit the earth, the truth is far more terrifying than a lifetime of solitude.

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“This is a page-turning, apocalyptic thriller that manages to imbue some nice original twists… Conceptually, Extinction Point is fantastic… A recommended, fun, summer blockbuster-type of read.”

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“Paul Jones has started a refreshingly unique Post-Apocalyptic series, unlike anything I have read in the genre…Paul Jones’ ability to bring complex concepts to life through description and narrative is awe inspiring. Few authors could successfully create the world that emerges after the “red rain.” Even fewer could relate the experience to readers in such vivid detail.” ―Steven Konkoly, Author of The Jakarta Pandemic, Black Flagged, and Black Flagged Redux

“Think Day of the Triffids meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets I am Legend and you still won’t have grasped the full scope of the apocalypse in Paul Jones’ artfully crafted tale of extinction and survival.” ―David P. Forsyth, Author of the Voyage of the Dead series

“Holy red smoke! This book scared me. I like scary books but this book SCARED me…The strength of this story is the details and the believability. The author makes the reader truly believe the events in the book. I loved how every move Emily made was described and how the reader could go “NOOOO” when you watched Emily go somewhere where you knew trouble was waiting!” ―BadassBookReviews.com

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ 47North; Unabridged edition (February 19, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 307 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1611097991
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1611097993
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches
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A native of Cardiff, Wales, Paul Antony Jones now resides near Las Vegas, Nevada, with his wife. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and commercial copywriter, but his passion is penning fiction. A self-described science geek, he’s a voracious reader of scientific periodicals, as well as a fan of things mysterious, unknown, and on the fringe. Paul is the author of numerous books, including the bestselling Extinction Point series and Toward Yesterday.

The Paths Between Worlds, the first book in his new This Alien Earth series, will be released on March 19th, 2019.

You can learn more about Paul and his upcoming releases via his blog at www.DisturbedUniverse.com or his Facebook page www.facebook.com/AuthorPaulAntonyJones/

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WiltDurkey
5.0 out of 5 stars Creepy, suspenseful and engaging. Also way too short.
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2013
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OK, let's get the bad out of the way right away. I've just finished book #2, Exodus and... nothing very much has happened. Not that it is boring, far from, but these are short books. It seems my Kindle reports 10% done very quickly. So, @ $4 a pop, it's OK, but short. At full price? Errr...

Now, the good. Two books come to mind in reading this book.

The Stand.

As in King's story, the protagonist spends tons of time getting out of New York and there are many descriptions of what the aftermath of the plague is. It's detailed, interesting and not boring to me. But it could be boriiing to others. I wouldn't want to go camping with Mr. Jones either, as his idea of what can be carried on a bicycle is wildly optimistic, but asides from that, I loved it.

War of the Worlds.

Humanity meets an overwhelming force once again, with no hope of resistance. Think bio-warfare on steroids and it is over before we know it even started. The similarities are probably on purpose, and very well done. And the aliens are again truly alien, both in their mode of operation, motivations and effect on the environment. It is a daring masterstroke to end the world by page 10 or 20.

(Some say War of the Worlds was a critique of applying Victorian military superiority on African natives. I ain't thinking that there will be some deep message in this case, but it'd be an unexpected bonus if there was).

OK, as for some of the critics. Yes, it delves in great minutiae in Emily's every little action. And yes, she isn't exactly a brilliant problem solver in all she does. But, eh, she is the one person who we know happened to survive the plague. My bet is that if one person out of a million survived a plague by luck, that person wouldn't necessarily be the most Rambo-Survivor type. Gosh, she might be like me. Or you. Well, I do know how to pack my bike better, that's true. And I figure you'd be a better driver as well. Why did she survive? Who knows? She doesn't, just like I wouldn't in her shoes.

And, yes, there are repetitive bits. Slight variations on the phrase "The day the world ended" must appear at least 20 times. And, no, Mr. Jones, does not attain Stephen King's heights in describing people, but King is a very hard act to follow there.

But... I couldn't really put the books down once I started. I wanted to know what was going to happen to Emily and loved the creepy weirdness of the biotech. And... I actually had some trouble reading through the beginning of book 2 where "bad things happen". Sorry, can't be more specific without a spoiler, but some real gut-wrenching passages.

So... 5 stars, not 4, for keeping me fully engaged. Doesn't happen all that often and there is a LOT of shabby Sci Fi out there.

Can't wait till book 3 (but pleeeease don't drag this into a long series...).
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4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly Surprised
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2012
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I am usually very disappointed with free downloads--most of the time, the books are garbage. There are very few that I have actually enjoyed, and this is one of them.

This book's premise is interesting and different, and it's very much a sci-fi/end-of-the-world/horror-survival mashup. For the most part, it is well-written and enjoyable, sucking me in and making me excited for the next installment. However, as others have already stated, there is a little bit of overload on the mundane details. While not a story-killer, it does drag the story in some places.

As for the whole biking thing, I think people have failed to realize there are probably thousands, if not more, people in the U.S. that never learn to drive for whatever reason. I personally know a couple of people like that myself, and the people I know have a serious phobia about driving. Other people don't drive because of concerns about pollution. Regardless of the reason, there are plenty of people who have never learned to drive and who don't want to learn to drive. This doesn't even take into consideration that, until Emily gets out of the city and well down the interstate, the roads will be too clogged with wrecked cars for her to drive anyway! Then there's the issue of gas--with everyone dead, and the electricity off (most pumps require electricity to operate anymore), how the heck is she supposed to refill the tank? For someone who knows nothing about cars, siphoning gas is an impossibility. So the whole "she can teach herself to drive" is great and all, but really, driving isn't a likely option when a) the roads are blocked, and b) there's no way to get gas. So I really think that dissing that element of the story is wrong, and comes from watching too many post-apocalyptic movies where the sets are designed with conveniently clear spots to drive vehicles through.

With that said, I do agree with the whole no video/no picture taking. I know that I--not a reporter--would be snapping pics like crazy in that situation, given that I had someone (like a bunch of scientists in Alaska!) to send them to who could use them. The pictures would be most helpful to them, in the absence of actual samples, in trying to figure out what was going on. For a reporter to not take pictures is unheard of. Especially all those times she was watching stuff from her living room window--she could have snapped off a ton of pics then. She could have even recorded the calls the creatures made while she was in her apartment, which would have been another useful bit of info for the scientists.

The other point I take issue with is the weapons situation. With a cop as her former boyfriend who taught her about guns and how to shoot, Emily should have taken not just the shotgun, but a handgun or two as well. Shotguns are slow, and when dealing with fast-moving creatures (she'd already seen how fast they could move!!!), a semi- or fully-automatic handgun would be a huge necessity--easy to pull out, more bullets, faster shooting, all of which = better chance of survival. She also didn't load up on near enough ammo. You can't tell me there were no gun stores in NYC that she could have broken into to get handguns. And given that she planned to scrounge food as she traveled, she should have devoted at least a third, if not half, of her storage capacity to ammunition instead of food. She is reasonably certain (and rightly so) that she'll be able to find food as she travels; ammo, however, is a whole other ballgame. With whacked out creatures everywhere, she would have no idea how much she'd need to use to defend herself nor when/where she'd find more, so taking as much as possible would have made much more sense.

Being an indie author myself, I know how difficult it can be to catch stuff like this yourself, and I very much appreciate that Mr. Jones is eager for honest reviews of his work--that's the sign of an author who cares about their work and cares about improving it. With a great first start to this series, I think if he takes the time to address some of the story issues the readers have brought up, he'll have a work of solid gold on his hands for the rest of us to enjoy.

Overall, the book was a good one. I did enjoy it, I do look forward to reading the rest of the series, and I do recommend others read it as well.
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Dona S
5.0 out of 5 stars addictive read!
Reviewed in Canada on April 24, 2024
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I actually blew through this book in a couple days. Once I got started it was almost impossible to put down. Have read a few of Paul Antony Jones’ books and consider him a favorite author.
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MountainWitch88
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved It
Reviewed in Australia on February 2, 2023
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A titillating first contact/survival style story. Heart pounding and scary but great character development and love how MCs preparation for survival (choosing supplies with logic, prepping her bike etc) are covered and not glossed over.
Scary, interesting creatures! Onto the next!
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Ines Witherspoon
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best of this genre I've read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 19, 2012
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I'll admit right now that I'm something of a post-apocolyptic dystopia junkie! Normally the books I read in this genre land firmly in the YA fiction arena but this one definitely feels more adult sci-fi - it's intelligently written and doesn't patronise in any way as some of the more YA novels do.

I came across this browsing the genre and upon reading the positive reviews decided to download it. I tore through it in less than a day, being drawn into the story immediately.

The plot gallops along at a perfect pace. Whilst only the space of a few days is covered in the entire book, the details of each day are written in such a way as to stay relevant, exciting and essential to the story.

Emily is wonderful character, well written, believable, tough yet ordinary in many ways. I warmed to her immediately, I felt her terror when she was scared, her relief in the moments of hope and her sadness in the overwhelming impossibility of what she faces.

At times the action was so well written that I felt my heart pounding with anticipation and adrenaline. There were moments when I actually wanted to yell at Emily - warn her, advise her, just help her in some way. Parts of the story are genuinely terrifying!

Reaching the end was both disappointing (in that the sequel isn't yet available and I desperately don't want to leave Emily yet) but somehow uplifting in that the story ends on a somewhat hopeful scene with Emily having found an unlikely but wonderful companion for her journey.

I can't recommend this book highly enough, both to fans of the genre and newbies. I'll be downloading the sequel the instant it's published.
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5.0 out of 5 stars good story - cant wait for book 2
Reviewed in Germany on July 24, 2012
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Emily ist eine Reporterin in New York. Eines Tages sieht sie eine News story über Blutregen der über Russland und Europa niedergeht. Ein paar Minuten später passiert dasselbe in New York.Als sie wieder in ihrer Redaktion eincheckt, kommt sie gerade rechtzeitig um eine Videokonferenz von CNN mit einem Franzosen/Belgier zu sehen.....
Eine gute Story, spannend und nachvollziehbar. Man fragt sich immer wieder wie würde man selbst gehandelt haben. Ich kann das Buch nur empfehlen. Es soll ja noch ca 4 weitere Bücher geben. Ich warte schon gespannt auf das nächste.
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Reza Fazli
4.0 out of 5 stars Good sci fi book
Reviewed in Canada on September 9, 2019
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Very catchy, interesting story. Fabulous start, good tempo, a bit rushed and somewhat unexpected ending. The story spans over 4 books in total.
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