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The Web

Jerry Ahern (1983)

SubgenreDystopian / Post-Apocalyptic
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesSurvivalist #5
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.83

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentNone
LanguageModerate

Protagonist archetypes

Reluctant HeroVengeance-Driven

Synopsis

John Thomas Rourke, M.D., ex-CIA Cover Operations Officer, weapons expert, and survival authority, has accomplished one of his goals - he's helped his young friend Paul Rubenstein locate his parents. Now, Rourke's search for his own family must continue, hampered by severe storms raging along the Eastern Seaboard caused by the earthquakes which destroyed Florida. Rourke picks up his relentless quest, avoiding the Russian troops searching for the missing data on the enigmatic Eden Project, and rides into the most bizarre situation he's discovered since the Night of the War. Life in the Tennessee mountain village is all too normal, seemingly unaffected by the war. It is there that John Thomas Rourke finds himself in the middle of a mass suicide

Tags

Military ThrillerAction AdventureSurvival Story

The Web: content & age rating

Intended for adult readers (18+).

This post-apocalyptic thriller contains strong violence, wartime scenarios, and disturbing content including mass suicide. The protagonist is a weapons expert navigating a devastated America while searching for his family.

What to know going in

This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include suicide, mass death, and death (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Adult readers who enjoy survivalist fiction will find intense action and a relentless quest through a war-torn landscape.