Extinction - Ray Hammond

Extinction is a novel set in the not too distant future (2055 to be exact) and speculates what might happen if the Earth's weather were controlled by a large powerful organization. It's quite a trashy, pulpy novel that I bought when trawling through the post apocalyptic science fiction section on Amazon. Co.uk, I read it quite quickly so here is a brief summary. Extinction plays out almost exactly like a disaster movie made either by Roland Emmerich or Irwin Allen. In fact the novel is very similar to the film 'The Day After Tomorrow'. Told from various viewpoints, it dots around planet Earth (and the Moon) in lightning flashes. We are first ...  Read the complete review