To sail a darkling sea

Title:

To sail a darkling sea / John Ringo.

Personal Author:

Ringo, John, 1963-

Call Number:

SCIENCE FICTION RING

ISBN:

9781476736211

9781476736457

Physical Description:

374 pages ; 25 cm

Series:

Black tide rising ; 2

Series Title:

Black tide rising.

Summary:

"With human civilization annihilated by a biological zombie plague, a rag tag fleet of yachts and freighters known as Wolf Squadron scours the Atlantic, searching for survivors. Within every abandoned liner and carrier lurks a potential horde of zombies but also holds the flickering hope of survivors. Now Wolf Squadron must clear the assault carrier USS Iwo Jima of infected before the trapped Marines and sailors succumb to starvation"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

End of the world -- Fiction.

Airborne infection -- Fiction.

Communicable diseases -- Fiction.

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Publication:

Riverdale, NY : Baen, [2014]

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With human civilization annihilated by a biological zombie plague, a rag-tagfleet of yachts and freighters known as Wolf Squadron scours theAtlantic, searching for survivors. Now Wolf Squadron must take on anothermassive challenge: clear the assault carrier USS Iwo Jima of infectedbefore the trapped Marines and sailors succumb to starvation. If WolfSquadron can accomplish that task, an even tougher trial awaits: anapocalyptic battle to win a new dawn for humanity. The war for civilizationbegins as the boats of the Wolf Squadron become a beacon of hope on aDarkling Sea. Sequel to Under a Graveyard Sky and Book 2 in the Black TideRising series.

Author Notes

John Ringo is the New York Times best-selling author of the Black Tide Rising series, the Posleen War series, the Through the Looking Glass series, and more, including the Troy Rising series, of which Live Free or Die is the first installment. A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringo brings firsthand knowledge of military operations to his fiction.

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Booklist Review

In Under a Graveyard Sky (2013), Ringo introduced Steve Smith, an Australian ex-paratrooper; his wife, Stacey; and their teenage daughters, Sophia and Faith. After the zombie apocalypse, the family fled New York in a boat loaded with supplies and weaponry. Their initial plan was to find a place to hole up until the man-made plague died out, but soon they sought other vessels and set about rescuing their survivors (after first clearing the boats of the infected). Now the makeshift flotilla, operating with the cooperation of what remains of the U.S. government, has become a sort of oceangoing city. And the mission has grown in scope: along with clearing any vessels the flotilla encounters, Smith and his fellow sailors will attempt to clear small towns, making their way to Guantanamo Bay, where they will use the medical facilities to begin manufacturing a vaccine. Not only has Ringo found a mostly unexplored corner of the zombie landscape, he's using the zombie frame to tackle a broader theme: the collapse and rebirth of civilization. The zombie scenes are exciting, sure, but it's the human story that keeps us involved. A fine series.--Pitt, David Copyright 2014 Booklist