Synopses & Reviews
Lydia Lozen Magruder—the great-granddaughter of a female Apache war-shaman—has seen visions of the End since childhood. She has constructed a massive ranch-fortress in the American Southwest, stocked with everything necessary to rebuild civilization.
Now her visions are coming true. John Stone, once a baseball star and now a famous gonzo journalist, stumbled across a plan to blast humanity back to the Stone Age. Then he vanished. Lydias only hope of tracking him down lies with her stubborn, globe-trotting daughter Kate, Stones former lover.
Meanwhile, a Russian general obsessed with nuclear Armageddon has also disappeared...as have eight or more of his Russian subs, armed with nuclear-tipped missiles.
In Robert Gleason's End of Days, the world is armed for self-destruction. Who will survive?
Review
"Gleason's work with Junius Podrug on such novels as
Apocalypse 2012 and
The 2012 Code has made him an expert on all things apocalyptic, a subject he returns to with gusto in this wildly expansive tale of the coming End Times…It all adds up to a thrilling take on a frighteningly possible future, one that makes the journey in Cormac McCarthy's
The Road look like a stroll through the park."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) on End of Days
"Gleason tackles Armageddon and emerges with one of the best end-of-the-world thrillers in quite some time…The combination of resonant myth and on-the-ground reality delivers a narrative knockout punch. Comparisons to Stephen Kings The Stand and Robert McCammons Swan Song are well founded, but Gleasons novel is in a class by itself."--Booklist (starred review) on End of Days
“Multilayered …the book includes many military and scientific details to add verisimilitude . . . Fans of such nuclear apocalyptic fiction as Nevil Shutes On the Beach will enjoy this exciting addition to the genre.”
--Library Journal on End of Days
“Just when we thought it was safe to dream again, Robert Gleason has pulled us back, kicking and screaming, to our collective nightmare: nuclear annihilation.”
--Nelson DeMille, New York Times bestselling author of The Gate House
“What an amazing story, sweeping in scope, terrifying, uplifting, outrageous, funny, and shocking, forming an unforgettable picture of humanitys ‘end of days.…A story for the ages.”
--Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author of Impact
“Robert Gleason has been to the jagged edge of the pit and peeped in; hes been seared by the heat of the eternal furnace, smelled the brimstone, listened to the mournful wailing of the damned. The Dante of our age, hes back to tell us about it.”
--Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of The Assassin
“Gleason does for the end of the world what Milton did for Hell itself.”
--W. Michael and Kathleen ONeal Gear, New York Times bestselling authors of Fire the Sky and The Dawn Country, on End of Days
“Gleason has been pondering the inevitability of a Nuclear Apocalypse for more than twenty years. His thoughts are now words. . . . Once you enter his nightmare world, youll race wildly through it to find the nearest exit---only to realize that End of Days is not a dream. Its just tomorrow arriving a day early. Let us hope it inspires all of us to take action.”
--William S. Cohen, former secretary of defense, U.S. senator, and New York Times bestselling author of Dragon Fire
“One twist and turn after another. Scary and compelling. A devious plot, its spun by a stellar hand, check it out.”
--Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor's Tomb
"This masterful tale of the risks of nuclear Armageddon---and much, much more---can only be compared in its imaginative impact with the seminal novels of the “What-if?” genre---John Buchans Greenmantle leaps to mind, as well as Nevil Shutes On the Beach---in the sense that this novel is groundbreaking and peerless in its time.”
--Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters (U.S. Army, ret.), New York Times bestselling author of The War After Armageddon and The Officers Club
“A devious, believable tale packed with action and atmosphere. Gleason is at the top of his form, and youll hate to see it end. Given current world events, his story unfortunately isnt that farfetched. The end may be closer than you think.”
--General Sid Shachnow (U.S. Army/Special Forces, ret.)
“Reads like a dark prophecy. A brilliantly conceived, ferocious journey into the final fire, it swept me up with its blazing intensity. A heart-stopping reading experience.”
--Whitley Strieber, New York Times bestselling author of Hybrids, on End of Days
“The ride of a lifetime—or more accurately…of a deathtime! Written in 3-D, it will take a Spielberg to make a movie of it!”
--David Black, winner of two Edgars, a dozen Emmy and Writers Guild nominations and awards, as well as the author of The Extinction Event, on End of Days
“The Road on steroids!”
--Jon Land, award-winning author of Strong at the Break, on End of Days
“One of the reading experiences of my lifetime. Seldom if ever have I read a book that combined such literary power with a factual background that induced those basic components of tragedy, fear, and pity. Talk about being riveted to the page! I was transmuted!”
--Thomas Fleming, winner of the Lincoln Prize for Lifetime Achievement in History, former president of the American Society of Historians and of PEN, and New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Trial of Robert E. Lee, on End of Days
“Readers diving into Gleasons world will never be the same again End of Days is a nuclear warhead of a novel, which could do for the anti-proliferation movement what Silent Spring did for environmentalism. People will inevitably compare End of Days to such apocalyptic masterworks as The Stand, Left Behind, Swan Song, Fail Safe, Dr. Strangelove, and The Sum of All Fears, but in truth there are no comparisons. End of Days dwarfs all previous efforts. A vision old as the Bible, violent as Armageddon itself, End of Days is more than a novel. It is the fulfillment of Revelation, Nostradamus, and all the ancient apocalyptic scrolls rolled into one. This is the End Time writ large. Bravo! Hats off! I wish I could have written End of Days, but Im man enough to admit that I could not have done it for all the tea in China!”
--David Hagberg, New York Times bestselling author of The Expediter
Review
"Gleason's work with Junius Podrug on such novels as
Apocalypse 2012 and
The 2012 Code has made him an expert on all things apocalyptic, a subject he returns to with gusto in this wildly expansive tale of the coming End Times…It all adds up to a thrilling take on a frighteningly possible future, one that makes the journey in Cormac McCarthy's
The Road look like a stroll through the park."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) on End of Days
"Gleason tackles Armageddon and emerges with one of the best end-of-the-world thrillers in quite some time…The combination of resonant myth and on-the-ground reality delivers a narrative knockout punch. Comparisons to Stephen Kings The Stand and Robert McCammons Swan Song are well founded, but Gleasons novel is in a class by itself."--Booklist (starred review) on End of Days
“Multilayered …the book includes many military and scientific details to add verisimilitude . . . Fans of such nuclear apocalyptic fiction as Nevil Shutes On the Beach will enjoy this exciting addition to the genre.”
--Library Journal on End of Days
“Just when we thought it was safe to dream again, Robert Gleason has pulled us back, kicking and screaming, to our collective nightmare: nuclear annihilation.”
--Nelson DeMille, New York Times bestselling author of The Gate House
“What an amazing story, sweeping in scope, terrifying, uplifting, outrageous, funny, and shocking, forming an unforgettable picture of humanitys ‘end of days.…A story for the ages.”
--Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author of Impact
“Robert Gleason has been to the jagged edge of the pit and peeped in; hes been seared by the heat of the eternal furnace, smelled the brimstone, listened to the mournful wailing of the damned. The Dante of our age, hes back to tell us about it.”
--Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of The Assassin
“Gleason does for the end of the world what Milton did for Hell itself.”
--W. Michael and Kathleen ONeal Gear, New York Times bestselling authors of Fire the Sky and The Dawn Country, on End of Days
“Gleason has been pondering the inevitability of a Nuclear Apocalypse for more than twenty years. His thoughts are now words. . . . Once you enter his nightmare world, youll race wildly through it to find the nearest exit---only to realize that End of Days is not a dream. Its just tomorrow arriving a day early. Let us hope it inspires all of us to take action.”
--William S. Cohen, former secretary of defense, U.S. senator, and New York Times bestselling author of Dragon Fire
“One twist and turn after another. Scary and compelling. A devious plot, its spun by a stellar hand, check it out.”
--Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor's Tomb
"This masterful tale of the risks of nuclear Armageddon---and much, much more---can only be compared in its imaginative impact with the seminal novels of the “What-if?” genre---John Buchans Greenmantle leaps to mind, as well as Nevil Shutes On the Beach---in the sense that this novel is groundbreaking and peerless in its time.”
--Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters (U.S. Army, ret.), New York Times bestselling author of The War After Armageddon and The Officers Club
“A devious, believable tale packed with action and atmosphere. Gleason is at the top of his form, and youll hate to see it end. Given current world events, his story unfortunately isnt that farfetched. The end may be closer than you think.”
--General Sid Shachnow (U.S. Army/Special Forces, ret.)
“Reads like a dark prophecy. A brilliantly conceived, ferocious journey into the final fire, it swept me up with its blazing intensity. A heart-stopping reading experience.”
--Whitley Strieber, New York Times bestselling author of Hybrids, on End of Days
“The ride of a lifetime—or more accurately…of a deathtime! Written in 3-D, it will take a Spielberg to make a movie of it!”
--David Black, winner of two Edgars, a dozen Emmy and Writers Guild nominations and awards, as well as the author of The Extinction Event, on End of Days
“The Road on steroids!”
--Jon Land, award-winning author of Strong at the Break, on End of Days
“One of the reading experiences of my lifetime. Seldom if ever have I read a book that combined such literary power with a factual background that induced those basic components of tragedy, fear, and pity. Talk about being riveted to the page! I was transmuted!”
--Thomas Fleming, winner of the Lincoln Prize for Lifetime Achievement in History, former president of the American Society of Historians and of PEN, and New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Trial of Robert E. Lee, on End of Days
“Readers diving into Gleasons world will never be the same again End of Days is a nuclear warhead of a novel, which could do for the anti-proliferation movement what Silent Spring did for environmentalism. People will inevitably compare End of Days to such apocalyptic masterworks as The Stand, Left Behind, Swan Song, Fail Safe, Dr. Strangelove, and The Sum of All Fears, but in truth there are no comparisons. End of Days dwarfs all previous efforts. A vision old as the Bible, violent as Armageddon itself, End of Days is more than a novel. It is the fulfillment of Revelation, Nostradamus, and all the ancient apocalyptic scrolls rolled into one. This is the End Time writ large. Bravo! Hats off! I wish I could have written End of Days, but Im man enough to admit that I could not have done it for all the tea in China!”
--David Hagberg, New York Times bestselling author of The Expediter
Synopsis
Lydia Lozen Magruder has seen visions of the End since childhood. After carving out a worldwide media empire, she constructed a massive ranch-fortress in the American Southwest, stocked with everything necessary to rebuild civilization.
Now her visions are coming true. A report from famous gonzo journalist John Stone has her trembling with fear. Stone revealed a grand plan to blast humanity back to the Stone Age--and then vanished. Lydias only hope of tracking him down lies with her stubborn, globe-trotting daughter, Kate, who last saw Stone, her former lover, in Mecca during Hajj.
The world is armed for self-destruction, awash in enough nuclear bomb fuel for forty thousand Hiroshimas. Someone pushses the button. Who will survive?
About the Author
ROBERT GLEASON is a bestselling author and highly regarded expert on nuclear terrorism and the no-mans-land between nuclear power and nuclear weapons. An executive editor at Tor/Forge Books, he has been featured on many national talk shows, including The Sean Hannity Show and Lou Dobbs Tonight. He also appeared on the History Channels two-hour special, Prophets of Doom.