Final Impact (Paperback)

by Yvonne Navarro (Author)

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Product Description
Life As the World Knows It

New York, Early October...
[fade to Marti Nunciata]

From the middle segment of the seven o'clock Cable News Network
broadcast:

"Excitement continues to build as astronomers around the world prepare to record the impact of the rogue planet Millennium on the far side of Jupiter in late November. The rogue planet was dubbed Millennium because when discovered by the Kin Peak National Observatory in Arizona, it was originally estimated to strike Jupiter early in the year 2000. Now, however, astronomers estimate the impact will occur on November twenty-sixth, the Friday after Thanksgiving. This is what Professor Frank Gelasias had to say when asked about the more than one month discrepancy between the originally projected date of impact and when scientists now believe the rogue planet will actually strike the gas giant."

[cut to window and expand to fill, Professor Frank Gelasias]

"There are many factors which can affect the date we calculate that a body in space will strike another one, or pass close by, so much changing information on an object of this size and speed, that exact projections early on are chancy at best. But we're fairly certain that this one will strike the day after Thanksgiving, and when it does, the impact on Jupiter will dwarf what Shoemaker-Levy did to the planet in 1994. Millennium is huge by comparison, and the resulting damage to Jupiter's atmosphere could change the way we see the planet--its gas atmosphere--for decades."

From the Publisher
"Yvonne Navarro's work is an intricate, delicate tapestry of bizarre images and intriguing characters."
--Poppy Z. Brite

"The voice of horror has a new cutting edge. Yvonne Navarro places a fresh blood-wet shine on tarnished and familiar themes. Things still go bump in the night, and there just may be a monster under the bed after all..."
--Kevin J. Anderson

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Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553563602
• ISBN-13: 978-0553563603
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #849,621 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grad your ankles and kiss the Earth good-bye!, June 7, 1997

By A Customer

Earth gets hit by an asteroid and gets destroyed. Simple concept, right? Wrong. Navarro weaves a complex tapestry of over a dozen characters and several plot threads. The fateful asteroid, Millennium, doesn't even make its presence known until 100 pages into the book, by which point she has made her characters so vivid, so alive, that you are praying for their survival through the horrors of their everday lives before you even start to worrry about that damned asteroid. It's an amazing feat. This novel isn't straight science fiction -- it's a mix of SF, horror, the supernatural, and some mystery as well. It's also amazing writing. After reading FINAL IMPACT, you'll want to call everyone you know to make sure they're still alive, and that the world hasn't really been destroyed

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Apocalyptic Fiction At Its Best, August 11, 2006

By	Patricia Lewin "Author" (Outside Dallas) - See all my reviews

First, I love apocalyptic fiction. Like most authors, however, I'm a bit picky. (g) I discovered Yvonne Navarro when one of the readers on my message board recommended her. I was not disappointed. FINAL IMPACT and its sequel RED SHADOWS are apocalyptic fiction at its best. They are fast paced, with great characters, and a story line that will make you shudder. I highly recommend both.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Escape death..I'd rather die in this scenario, February 12, 2002

By	Debs "Debbie" (UK) - See all my reviews

i really enjoyed this book> but then i always love books that have an apocalyptic theme> the only thing i didn"t really like was the fact that the characters in the book often escaped harms way by way of "POWERS" I like it better when people get out of messes with wit,luck,skill, and strenght. In this novel people get out of messes with various pcycic abilities. It is difficult to get a hold of this book. Most online retailers do not have any in stock. All in all if you want to escape your drab life..lol...read this book. it will take you on a cool adventure for a couple of days