What happens if the oil stops flowing tonight?
That’s what Alex Scarrow’s new thriller dares to ask. Last Light is a humanised thriller about one mans struggle to get home to his family from across half the globe after a series of terrorist attacks effectively cease the oil production for the whole planet overnight.
Over the course of a week, the world goes from peace to anarchy with the simple removal of the flow of oil. Alex Scarrow takes you on an emotional journey seen through the eyes of Andy Sutherland and his family, a family trying to re-unite against all odds. The soldiers stuck in far away lands just doing their jobs, equally desperate to get home. To the various governments and the extreme measures they are forced to take to contain the violence that erupts. Last Light takes you down to the depths a man or woman will go to survive when things get out of hand and the food stops flowing.
Think of all the riots you've seen on the news, of people begging for food in a far away land - now have that on your doorstep only people are not begging for food they are kicking in your front door to get that food what ever it takes.
Think how much of your daily life is dependant on Oil? From the humblest bottle of Evian, to the van that delivers your online shopping to the great airplanes in the sky.
I dare you not to be shocked by the list you come up with, and to not come away from this book thinking more about recycling, self sufficiency and the worlds dependence on oil.
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