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The Reprisal

Jerry Ahern (1985)

SubgenreDystopian / Post-Apocalyptic
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesSurvivalist #11
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.79

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentNone
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

KidnappingTortureViolenceDeathChild HarmGrief

Positive tags

SurvivalProtectorQuestHigh Angst

Tropes

Post-ApocalypticDystopiaReluctant HeroVengeance-Driven HeroFound FamilyHostile PlanetMorally Gray ProtagonistLast Survivor

Themes

SurvivalRevengeFamily BondsLossSacrificeHope Against OddsResilience

Synopsis

World War III and its aftermath of all-consuming fire left civilization on the brink of extinction. But John Thomas Rourke, the ex-CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons specialist, and survival expertstill lives, fighting the elements and the odds. And those odds have never been more heavily stacked against Rourke than when he finds his son mortally wounded and Natalia and all of his family kidnapped by a Russian foe, long thought dead. As Rourke's son hovers between life and death under the watchful eyes of John Rubenstein, Rourke loads his weapons and sets out across a desolate America. His destination: ""The Womb"" in Colorado, where he must battle an enemy who brutally tortures his helpless captives before killing them. Rourke cannot afford to fail. There will be no second chances for The Survivalist.

Tags

Military Science FictionAction ThrillerSurvivalist FictionMen's Adventure