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“Maybe tonight is the end of power. Our machines turn into useless trinkets. Our technological magic survives as whispered stories of the past. Our greatness becomes a song of memory for starving children. We denied [oil] dependence until it ripped its mask off, and then it was too late.” Black Monday is exactly as it bills itself, a story about a plague that will cause the death of millions but makes no one sick. It is an entertaining and at times chilling story of what would happen if oil was no longer usable in any of its forms. No gasoline, no plastic, no engine oil, etc. How would the human race survive in a time when everything we do relies on this fossil fuel? When you can’t drive, or ride, when food and supplies can’t be brought to you; how do you survive? How far would you be willing to go to survive? Greg Gillette works for the CDC and finds the ‘bugs’ behind human outbreaks like Ebola and Cholera normally, on Monday October 28 his role changes and he now has to find the key to fighting the Delta-3 organism that has polluted the oil reserves. Gillette has to lie, cheat, steal and even kill to get the job done all the while we get snippets and stories of how his family and neighborhood block are faring against looters, rapists, and would-be fiefdom lords. I do have to say that some of the hero and primary villian's 'flashbacks,' provided for backstory, were somewhat annoying and unbelievable but they were also somewhat needed to allow the reader to suspend disbelief for other parts of the story. I found that the good guys and the bad guys were a little too good or too bad, I don't really like an author leading me by the nose when it comes to who I should and shouldn't be sympathetic to. Black Monday is an excellent read for anyone that likes a little pseudo-science thrown into their thrillers. All in all a great read for those that like their apocalypses zombie free.

2023-07-31 04:00