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An Excess Of ... Kindle Edition

by Stuart Aken (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
Six random strangers escape drowning, against the odds, when their ship is wrecked, only to be stranded on a desert island, hundreds of miles from civilisation. Dangerously at odds on many fronts, they must work together to survive, or risk violence and death in this entirely unfamiliar environment. Mutual attraction promises to make allies of two, but can romance overcome the irrational beliefs of one and build a bond through the pragmatism of the other? Will the group be able to overcome prejudices, superstitions, and passionately held opinions to unite in action when they’re presented with an opportunity to escape their isolation? Or will ancient beliefs and traditions, fears and uncertainties, surface to place all in sudden peril as they prepare to risk everything in this unexpected chance to return to a world entirely changed during their absence?
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  1. Print length
    320 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    October 25, 2021
  4. File size
    2.9 MB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09H67C5TW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fantastic Books Publishing (October 25, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 25, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.9 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

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Stuart Aken

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Stuart Aken was born, against the odds, in a neighbour's bed and defeated the doom-mongers by coming out alive. Raised by his artist mother, who died in a car crash when he was 16, and a travelling salesman step-father, who taught him about the natural world, he has worked in many different roles, including press photographer, farmhand, shop manager, team leader, legal advisor, and office manager.

He refuses to be stuck in a box, so writes in various genres: "The story chooses the genre." Occasionally, he enters writing contests and sometimes wins. He runs an active website and blog, which can be easily found by a search under his name on any browser.

Married to his dream woman, with whom he walks almost daily in his new home in the Forest of Dean, he has a grown-up daughter currently living and working in Australia.

So far, he's published romance, science fiction, short stories, fantasy, horror, erotica, and a personal memoir. You can sample his books here on this page. As he would say, "Enjoy the read!"

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  • Walt Pilcher
    5.0 out of 5 stars Shipwreck as Metaphor?
    Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2022
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    If author Stuart Aken had started this book with, “A bishop, a rabbi, an imam, an atheist, an acolyte, and a grieving widow walked into a bar,” you would expect a joke. But An Excess of . . . is no joke, nor is the deserted island on which this disparate and increasingly desperate group find themselves with little hope of rescue after a harrowing shipwreck. How will they cope? What alliances and alienations will form? In this page-turner, Aken’s characters face one challenge after another, mostly successfully but not without strife as their true identities and proclivities emerge, their conflicting worldviews are laid bare, and they say, do and experience nothing in moderation – hence the title, which applies not only to the characters but also to the underlying theme of man’s general inability or unwillingness to confront his impact on our endangered planet. It is intense. Still, there is humor, adventure, and romance along with the danger, and you will want to keep reading to discover the surprising resolution.
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  • Joshua Grant
    5.0 out of 5 stars Survival, romance, and intrigue!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2021
    Stuart Aken throws us into the middle of a survival thriller with a splash of romance in An Excess Of! Six strangers are stranded on a desert island, forced to overcome their prejudices and preconceptions in order to survive. But tensions will rise, along with some romances and intrigue. Aken offers plenty of thrills and twists, but the tensions and dueling philosophies between the survivors was what intrigued me the most! It was a fascinating metaphor for humanity as a whole seeing these people with a variety of backgrounds and beliefs help or harm one another for various reasons. If you’re looking for a survival thriller with depth, philosophy, and romance, come splash up on the island in An Excess Of!
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  • Pamela Turner
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Read!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2023
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    Thoroughly enjoyed this engaging and thought-provoking book which takes place just a few years into the future and is based around these six radically different characters who all become stranded on a remote desert island together. Their fight for survival - against both the elements and sometimes each other - provides the reader with a look at the realities of our on-going environmental crisis and also our planets fragile sustainability…
    A well written and absorbing book, but one which left me with much to think about long after I had finished reading it.
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  • Edward B. Crutchley
    4.0 out of 5 stars A relentless dystopian thriller
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2022
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    In the not-so-distant future, three men and three women, all strangers except two, become shipwrecked on a deserted island in the Pacific. Their differences come to the fore as they struggle to come to terms with each other’s opposing lifestyles and beliefs. Nevertheless, while the reader becomes increasingly lured into believing that things will somehow work out, Author Stuart Aken throws in the nastiest possible surprise. The pace quickens and it becomes quite impossible to stop reading. What turns into a relentless dystopian thriller is well written, convincing and thought provoking. It would make a terrific movie, for adults.
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