"Resources are running low as winter closes in again. Groups are getting desperate and the big moves are being made. Whatever happens next is going to change this city forever." Where do you turn when hope is lost? How do you rebuild ... carry on ... start again, when almost everything you know and love has been destroyed? In the fourth and final chapter of the multi-award winning series Apocalypse: Diary of a Survivor, Jack Baldwin's life has been torn apart. Chased out of New Adelaide by an enemy whose cruelty and violence knows no bounds, Jack and his increasingly small band of fellow survivors face the prospect of starting their post-comet lives all over again. But life, karma and fresh new alliances have a way of turning things full circle. And he's got a big debt to settle. It's game on. And there can only be one winner. Praise for the Apocalypse: Diary of a Survivor 4 "A dark, thrilling finale to this set of post-apocalyptic YA novels." Wishing Shelf Book Awards (UK) From the judges... "Excellent for teenagers looking for a dark read." "Cool adventure story. Lots of death and destruction." "The cover grabbed me, pulling me in. The beginning is powerful, dark and gritty." "A dark, thrilling finale to this set of post-apocalyptic YA novels." The Wishing Shelf Book Awards FROM THE JUDGES... "The cover grabbed me, pulling me in. The beginning is powerful, dark and gritty, everything is going bad for the hero. He's also cool. I loved the ending of this book. It surprised me. I did think it was a bit slow in the middle but it picked up at the end. I think the writer is excellent at showing emotion in characters." Girl reader, age 16 "Fans of THG will like this book. This is excellent for teenagers looking for a dark read. The characters have developed over the 4 books (although a few have been killed off). I was really rooting for them in the last book. I enjoyed these books for the book awards and I think the author is talented and knows what teenagers enjoy. Book 4 is not the best of them, book 1 is the best. But I guess it's always that way, just like THG ." Boy reader, aged 16 "Cool adventure story, sort of post-apocalyptic written in the first person, present tense, which I like. Lots of death and destruction, lots of battling. Possibly a bit of a boy book. I think, to fully enjoy it, you should read the set of books in order." Boy reader, aged 15 So, after pushing out the trilogy to four books (because that's how the story spoke to me), I somewhat felt a double pressure to deliver on this series finale. What a challenge, given so many readers have enjoyed the Jack's stories over the years. Yet again, it wasn't about me trying to press my wishes into the finale, it was about letting the greater story unfold. The same one that told me it was not meant to be a three-book series. As I was writing the first draft, my spidey-senses were telling me the direction was right. I felt that I was delivering a rounded individual story, but I had also created a direction that allowed a lot of larger themes to be explored in the Apocalypse Survivors universe. And, maybe, beyond that, about people, their drives and what's important to feel human. The fourth installment also gave enough runway to connect all the city stories in a way I could not have anticipated when I set out on Jack's story. I'm not sure 'happy' is the right word to describe the outcome of the series finale (and, I guess, the series as a whole), but it was a very satisfying moment for me. To hear back from readers over the years who have gone on Jack's journey (some revisiting it many times), it really does give me a sense of fulfillment. You don't really set out to be a writer to get rich (if you've researched facts), but you can't ever substitute the feeling of having your work resonate with people over the years. This series has given me more of that than I could have imagined. Thank you, to every reader. *** For those who have reviewed it, that has more value to me than you could imagine. ***