The Afterblight Chronicles: School's Out [Mass Market Paperback]

Scott Andrews (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2007

"After the world died we all sort of drifted back to school. After all, where else was there for us to go?"

It's never easy being fifteen, but when your teachers are killing each other, the prefect who loves to bully you is experimenting with crucifixion, and the rival gang from across town have decided that ritualistic cannibalism is the way to go, spots and BO don't seem like such big problems after all.

These are the final days of St Marks School For Boys, and the punishment for disobedience is death!

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About the Author

Scott Andrews has written episode guides, magazine articles, film and book reviews, comics, audio plays, far too many blogs, some poems you will never read, and novels for Abaddon. You can contact him at www.eclectica.info, where you'll find all sorts of nonsense. He lives in a secret base hidden within the grounds of an elite public school, yet still dreams of escaping to the wilderness with his wife and two children.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Abaddon Books (August 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905437404
• ISBN-13: 978-1905437405
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,473,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Scott Andrews has written episode guides, magazine articles, film and book reviews, comics, audio plays, far too many blogs, some poems you will never read, and novels for Abaddon.

You can contact him at www.scottkandrews.com, where you'll find all sorts of nonsense.

He lives in a secret base hidden within the grounds of an elite public school, yet still dreams of escaping to the wilderness with his wife and two children.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bless the beasts and children..., December 5, 2009

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J. Shurin "carnivore" (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Afterblight Chronicles: School's Out (Mass Market Paperback)

While the first installments (from Si Spurrier and Rebecca Levene) in the Afterblight Chronicles are more epic in nature, Scott Andrews' book - School's Out - is much more personal. Instead of exploring how the virus has wiped out 98% of the world, he looks at the repercussions from the point of view of Lee Keegan, a survivor & a schoolboy.

I've got a soft-spot for Toy Soldiers-style storylines, and this is no exception. I think every adolescent and teen has escapist fantasies on 'what would they do if it all fell apart?' (save the cheerleaders, punch out the bullies). School's Out reads like one of those. But as far as escapism goes, I should hope that most kids don't have an imagination this wild or morbid. Lee's world is an awful one: cannibals, cultists, and psychopaths of all ages abound. Even our hero isn't all 'there', and has to resort to some fairly grim behaviour in order to survive.

This is a terrific installment in the Afterblight series. It doesn't further the 'metaplot' any, but it does show how the changes in this horrible, post-apocalyptic world impact everyone - no matter how small. I highly recommend it. Scott Andrews has done an excellent job thinking through his plot, adding fantastic twists and telling the whole story through the eyes of an enjoyable and (oddly) empathetic protagonist. It may be gory teen escapism, but that doesn't make it any less fun...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A post-apocalyptic Lord Of The Flies, April 20, 2009

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Michael Lee "Mrs Lee" (Dover,Delaware) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Afterblight Chronicles: School's Out (Mass Market Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book a whole hell of alot.It's the best of the series that I've read so far.Theses books are a quick entertaining read for me.I like how the author faced up to human reality before writing it.Because the reality is;it's the end of the world as we know it-well the you can just forget all that one for all and all for one balony-it's we've got ours and there's none for you!The protaganist in this story was awesome. The author captured that age perfectly.A great book,to be highly reccomended!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars What's a kid to do?, March 23, 2009

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Horror Fan (Detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Afterblight Chronicles: School's Out (Mass Market Paperback)

In a post-apocalyptic world what's a kid to do? This UK based tale offers a frightening glimpse of the world after the fall. This poor kid has to deal with all kinds of crap and grows up really fast. The story was relatively fast paced and filled with demented twists. The twisted religion that rises in the aftermath was a truly terrifying treat.