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Survival Game (The Apocalypse Duology Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Gary Gibson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 265 ratings

Survival Game by Gary Gibson is the second book in the gripping apocalyptic duology that began with Extinction Game.

Katya is a scientist, working on a classified project for the Russian Empire. She's also desperate. Her bosses want to exploit her knowledge and send her on an incredible, dangerous mission. And if she refuses, her father's life will be forfeit.

Katya must retrieve an artefact that will grant new life to the dying Russian tsar. She's therefore being sent deep undercover on an alternate version of Earth, to an American-controlled island. Here Borodin, the tsar's spymaster, will be watching her.

On the island Katya and Jerry, an American adventurer, form an uneasy alliance. They discover the artefact will call down terror from the depths of space, yet Katya's superiors refuse to listen. But Katya and Jerry's worlds face extinction, so the artefact must be destroyed - at any cost. Two civilizations depend upon it.

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  1. Book 2 of 3
    The Apocalypse Duology
  2. Print length
    352 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Pan
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  6. Publication date
    August 11, 2016
  7. Reading age
    16 years and up
  8. File size
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“Gibson’s take on two thoroughly familiar tropes (Cold War + apocalypse) is actually quite refreshing . . . The prose is also satisfyingly good.” —FantasyLiterature.com

"This potent, teeth-gritting SF thriller shows death and love only a shadow away from our ordinary lives." —Publishers Weekly starred review of Extinction Game

About the Author

Gary Gibson has worked as a graphic designer and magazine editor. His previous novels include his Shoal trilogy plus the standalone books Angel Stations, Against Gravity, Final Days, and The Thousand Emperors.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0193FG6XM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pan
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 11, 2016
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ On Demand
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.0 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0230772786
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 2 of 3 ‏ : ‎ The Apocalypse Duology
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 265 ratings

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Described by The Guardian as "a master of core sf" and "one of our best exponents of hardcore SF adventure" by the Daily Mail, Gary Gibson's career stretches over fifteen years and nearly twenty books.

His work has been translated and published around the world, including Russia, Brazil, Germany, and France. A long-time resident of Glasgow, Scotland, he relocated a few years ago to Taipei in the Far East and splits his time between editing and working on his own material.

His latest book is a collection of previously published and unpublished short stories and novellas, Butterfly Box and Other Stories, released on 15 November 2024 in ebook, paperback and hardback.

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  • ceyenna
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
    Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2016
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    I loved this one as well as the first one. Wish the author would continue to write in this world. Love the endless alternate idea, with always something else to find.
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  • Jeff T. Myers
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good sequel
    Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2017
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    A good sequel to Gibson's "Extinction Game" novel, except this is from the POV of Katya, a young scientist enslaved with her father and others to study and repair a mysterious artifact called they Hypersphere, which could potentially extend the life and power of the dying czar in their own alternate of a benighted Russian Empire, or spell doom for them all. After a failed escape attempt, Katya is blackmailed into infiltrating the Pathfinder project on the post-apocalyptic Easter Island base to find and retrieve an intact Hypersphere for the Russian Empire authorities. A few slow parts in the middle to round out the plot and character developments, but moderately entertaining for a second installment in Gibson's Apocalypse universe. There's also an escaped Russian villain in the next to last chapter, and many references throughout the book of the vanished Stage-Builders (or Syllogikos, as the Russian scientists call them), so a third novel may be in the offing to bring any of their surviving descendants to light.
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  • Agne
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fast paced and intense hard sci-fi book
    Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2016
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    Fast paced and intense hard sci-fi book. Reading it you can remember how fragile our environment is and how close we all are to a number of global disaster scenarios.
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  • Thomas Haugland
    3.0 out of 5 stars For young people
    Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2016
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    For young teens. Very predictable.
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  • From Orbonia
    4.0 out of 5 stars great extension of the first book
    Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2022
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    Nice set of new characters, building on the first book. Only four stars because a very mono perspective set out in the book, viewpoints from others intertwined would have made it five stars for me.
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  • Wubba Lubba Dub Dub
    4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, but not entirely satisfying.
    Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2016
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    Well written, engaging and an excellent read! However, I personally am left with more questions that I would like answered. So for me, simply because there doesn't seem to be plans right now for a new series set in the same uni, the ending left me unsatisfied. That's not to say I didn't like the ending, I just want more!
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  • Tim Goff
    4.0 out of 5 stars ' I liked the concept and appreciated the bind the Authority was ...
    Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2016
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    A multitude of alternate worlds, most of them depopulated wastelands, surveyed by expendable survivors working for the dictatorial 'Authority.' I liked the concept and appreciated the bind the Authority was in.
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  • The Conservative Anarchist
    3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the first book
    Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2017
    Not as good as the first book. I did not feel that it measured up to the author's typical creativity and sense of adventure.
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  • David A Annis
    4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Read
    Reviewed in Canada on October 14, 2019
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    Fun, thrilling ride, with believable characters. I am looking forward to reading the next book. Human nature will win out?
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  • David J Day
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Story
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2024
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    Well written 2nd book in the series, good character building. I am very much looking forward to reading Number 3.
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  • Philip Spick
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good sequel
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2022
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    Following on from the first book, this continues the story and remains as intriguing as the original. Excellent story telling and characterisation. Bringing in New participants that fit in with the original thread very well. Definitely going for the third book.
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  • OM
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great, fun science fiction full of back-stabbing politics
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 11, 2016
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    Completely devoured this book. Great, fun science fiction full of back-stabbing politics, (literally) multi-dimensional intrigue, and almost tangible post-apocalyptic Earths. Though it would probably be classed as "hard sci-fi", the book never gets too technical (which can be a problem with some hard SF --Mr. Stephenson, I'm looking at you) and remains engaging and entertaining throughout. A worthy sequel to the equally entertaining Extinction Game. Read it, you'll have a rollicking good time.
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  • Ed.F
    3.0 out of 5 stars Workmanlike sequel to a great opener let down with too much political exposition mid work.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2016
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    The sequel to the Extinction game is regrettably a poor companion to the first volume. Whilst the narrative and characterisation is taut and cleanly delivered the pace is heavily compromised with far to much political exposition and the addition of the other "network" feels less of a reveal and more of a bolt on. It was a bit of a chore to plod through the middle sections, which a great disappointment given the excellent first volume and the very decent opening chapters of this one. The narrative ends nicely enough, with Gibson's "unresolved threads which hint of more to come one day" approach serving him well here, the central concept is just too good to end like this.Workmanlike and proficient but not great.
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