I glance at my fellow fugitives in the glow of the fire: black-streaked, white-eyed, faces fearful but fierce. Whoever any of us were a week ago, we've now become people we could never have imagined.
After facing the heartbreaking truth in Shadow Valley, Danby is determined to have her revenge on Jack.
With Jack dead, her little brother Evan and hundreds of other Minions will be free of his control. With Jack dead, she and her friend Nathan will be able to revive thousands more from the millions of catatonic Goners.
But what if she's wrong - about everything?
After Danby confronts Jack on a dying stretch of highway, all of her beliefs are turned inside out. Not only are his feelings for her real, he's working against the clock to save lives and rebuild society. To Danby's horror, it's Nathan who appears to threaten the new order.
With her emotions raging and blood on her hands, Danby has to take a side in a deadly battle that'll decide the future of the world. And as allies become enemies and foes turn into friends, she'll have to embrace methods so dark that the price of survival may be her very soul ...
Post-apocalyptic thriller for fans of Tomorrow When the War Began
This book is definitely an example of a sequel improving on the original. The Last Shot picks up where The Last Girl left off in the aftermath of a psychic apocalypse that has left Sydney and the world, were assuming in chaos. Much of the population is catatonic. Those who aren't seem to be in the telepathic thrall of Jack, a former busker with a terrifying messiah complex. This book is fast-paced and brutal it is the post-apocalypse, after all, and the body count just keeps rising. I was reminded of John Marsden's Tomorrow When the War Began series, but I enjoyed this book more for one thing, Danby brings warmth and humour to the scenario along with convincing, and slightly hysterical, paranoia. Watch out for the cliff-hanger ending I had found The Last Girl difficult to warm to, but The Last Shot is compulsive reading.
Amy, 25/09/2014
