Review_DEPARTURE by Ken Barrett (EXTINCTION 1)

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40191589-departure" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Departure (Extinction Book 1)" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1526977364m/40191589.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40191589-departure">Departure</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18070509.Ken_Barrett">Ken  Barrett</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2729329911">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
DEPARTURE is Book 1 in the EXTINCTION series, a literate approach to an era of Apocalypse--Post-Apocalypse--Extinction Event which creates a different, unusual, but breathtaking spin on the usual Apocalypse routine. In a world either post-apocalyptic or Dystopian, or both (such as the world identified here), survival is dog-eat-dog or every man for himself without exception. What room is there for culture, ethics, or personal integrity? Well, our Protagonist hero Liam possesses all of those, and amazingly, refuses to be cowed. If life isn't bad enough already (it certainly is), the approaching solar flare/solar storm/EMP threatens effectively to wipe out what remains of the Earth...unless a cadre of humans can escape to the stars. Therein lies the question: can all humans escape? If not, then who? Only the upper class? Read on to find out, and then follow the series.
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