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Decimation: The Girl Who Survived Kindle Edition

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She expected to die.
Now, she is the first woman in a generation to survive childbirth.
Book one of the ground-breaking Decimation trilogy.
Fifteen years ago, the Orestes virus emerged, sweeping across the globe and infecting every living person within a matter of days. Despite the best efforts of the scientific community, there is no vaccine, no cure. It lies dormant until a woman gives birth. Then she dies.
Teenage wheelchair athlete, Antimone Lessing, can’t remember how she got pregnant. She thinks her life is over as the doctors prepare to deliver her baby. Meanwhile, a hunt is underway to arrest the man suspected of raping her, but even if the police catch him, it will be too late for Antimone.
When she unexpectedly survives, she becomes a vital clue in the race to develop a cure before the global population declines beyond the point of no return.
But survival comes at a price. As her doctors try to understand why she is still alive, she must choose between preserving humanity's future and protecting the life of her newborn child.
How far would you go to save the human race?

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5★ A real page turner that had me hooked from start to finish.
5★ OMG an absolutely fantastic read with brilliant characters.
5★ The author has you hooked from the start and does not disappoint.
5★ Exceedingly good book!
5★ I loved the concept of this story.

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For sixteen years, no woman has survived childbirth

The Decimation series by Richard T. Burke


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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XKTGS5N
Publisher ‏ : ‎ RJNE Books (March 13, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 13, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5366 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 301 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1542931649

Best Sellers Rank: #481,948 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #909 in Technothrillers (Kindle Store)
- #1,676 in Technothrillers (Books)
- #1,756 in Genetic Engineering Science Fiction (Books)

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Richard T. Burke is the author of six novels including the Decimation trilogy and standalone books, Assassin's Web and The Colour of the Soul.

His novels are predominantly thrillers, but most have scientific or technology elements thrown in too.

He comes from a technical background and is the author of ten patents.

Richard lives with his wife, Judith, in the village of Rotherwick in north-east Hampshire, UK. When he's not writing, he can be found walking his dog, Elvis (Smelvis), around the local countryside.

You can sign up to a newsletter on his author webpage at https://www.rjne.uk. Alternatively you can follow him on Twitter @RTBurkeAuthor, or Facebook (look for Richard T Burke Books).

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Clabe

Exceedingly good book!

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2017

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What a heck of a ride! Mr. Burke has given us a hopeless scenario and shown us that it is the result of megalomania.

Antimone is a paraplegic and confined to a wheel chair as a result of a traffic accident. She is pregnant by a rape that occurs at a party under the influence of drugs. No woman on Earth has survived pregnancy and child-birth in nearly twenty years…the future of the human race is threatened by a virus that remains dormant until childbirth and then kills the mother.

Rosalind Baxter is CEO of Ilithia Biotechnology Corporation. She and a colleague, Dr. Perrin are allegedly seeking a cure of the dread virus. However, Baxter has another agenda…and Jason, her son, together with Antimone and her baby, hold the key to the future…a future that Perrin’s son, Max, inadvertently and out of anger has simultaneously threatened and assured.

Decimation is a novel of wheels within wheels, plots within sub-plots and subversion at the highest level. The characters are fascinating. Antimone and Jason are very likable and it is easy to cheer for them. The reader will stay on the edge of their chairs with fear for Antimone and Jason. Rosalind is a madwoman and total narcissist by any definition. She is really easy to hate as is her security chief…until even he begins to question her judgement. Dr. Perrin is clueless and pathetic, blinded by his work. Max is an idiot who winds up playing a key role.

Decimation is a great thriller that is generally well-written and edited. It would be a great read for anyone who loves suspenseful books!

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Life in the year 2032

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2017

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Decimation: the Girl Who Survived by Richard T. Burke
As an avid reader of all book genres, sometimes I feel my own reluctance as I approach the end of a book. A good ending seems to be quite an art of the pen and paper. When I realized Decimation was coming to a close, I braced. As I read the last paragraphs, I felt this author nailed the perfect ending. I would add the word satisfying except due to the nature of the ending, that would be a bit cruel on this readers part. He also was able to end the book, but leave it open enough for a sequel. I do hope there is a sequel Richard T. Burke.
The story:
It is the year 2032 and our main character is a teenaged female named Antimone she had been looking forward to competing in the Paralympics, but instead she is 9 months pregnant and has THE virus. This mutated virus caused women to die in childbirth. No mother has yet to survive childbirth. But there is always an exception. Can the exception be the key to finding the cure and save the human race? For this reason, the cure is a billion dollar race for ruthless drug companies to find the panacea so to speak.
I found this novel, unique, fast paced and somewhat disturbing with all the betrayal involved.
My only complaint about the book is that, it seems that technology would be a bit more advanced 15 years into the future than this novel portrayed.
I'll be waiting for the sequel.

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What a read!

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2023

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Riveting, edge of you seat exciting! Not to mention very precient and appropriate for our time. Buying the rest of the series now.
Robert Burke is a brilliant writer!

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Five stars

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2017

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“Decimation” is a thriller set in the near future after a deadly pandemic engulfed the population of earth. Since it targets only women, getting pregnant now equals a death sentence. However, one girl, Antimone, somehow survives labor, only here her troubles just start as she becomes a prisoner of a greedy corporation that will stop at nothing to find a cure while pursuing its own malicious goals.
This story, even though set in the future, poses a series of eternal questions: profit pursuing even at the price of human lives; compassion and self-sacrifice even when your own life is at stake; losing one’s humanity while performing medical experiments, and many more.
The characters were well-developed and easy to empathize with, while the negative ones are written so well you’ll find yourself loathing them with ease while rooting for the “good guys.” The plot and the conspiracy behind it was also masterfully crafted and pulled me right in from page one. Overall, it’s a highly compelling story that I would certainly recommend. Five stars.

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Interesting concept but missed the mark.

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2017

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It started off compelling. It got repetitive and predictable about 3/4 of the way through. I thought Rosalind got off to easily! The author went to a lot of trouble to show his talent for ruthlessness and fell short in the end.
Left this book feeling unsatisfied.

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Jacqueline C. Simonds

Fans of Robin Cook and Tess Gerritsen Will Love This

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2019

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Antimone Lessing is a 16 year-old girl, who is a Paralympian wheelchair distance racer (a rarity in fiction, to have a physically challenged character) and scholarship holder at an elite school (her family are not wealthy). But then she is raped at a party and winds up pregnant (apparently there are very strict laws prohibiting abortion). And dies. But she doesn’t. Things get worse from there.

This is an interesting and exciting thriller that has many different layers, twists and turns. You’ll be kept guessing about where the author is taking you, what’s really happening with certain characters, who is related to whom, and how they will eventually rescue Antimone.

Two factors kept this from being a 5 star ride: the antagonist, Rosalind Baxter , makes Cruella DeVille look like a piker. Some character development might have been nice. The second: if humanity were facing extinction, society would be coming apart in all manner of ways. While the suspenseful action takes place on a micro level (that has whole world implications), the macro of the world gets glossed over.

Overall, this is a terrific and well-written story that will grip you and not let you go. If you like Robin Cook and Tess Gerritsen medical thrillers, you’ll love this. I look forward to more titles by this author.

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Sandra Deere

Loved this book.

Reviewed in Canada on October 23, 2021

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Excellent read. Keeps you interested on every page. Definitely going to read the sequel. Because of Covid people need to remember this is fiction.

Maggie

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 11, 2023

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This book has me on the edge of my seat from the first page I couldn’t put it down. There are a couple of thought provoking scenes and a revelation that will blow your socks off. Be warned.

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Really good book. Well written

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2018

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Really good book. Well written. Made me want to keep reading. Just going to look for more of his books!

Turbo

not a short read but worth it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 6, 2022

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First time reading anything from this author and it's not my normal reading material, I found the start of the story slow and did put it down a few times and read other books in between but once it got going properly I couldn't put it down and will look forward to reading the next part

John Chapman

A brilliant thriller with everything a book needs for success

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 12, 2017

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Yes - another five star review. People will probably start to doubt these - that's what happens when they are all five star.
Yet this rating is well deserved. I give five stars to a book that I want to keep reading in preference to doing all the things that I should be doing. This book kept me up until the early hours of the morning - I has to finish that last 23% of it.

The book has an intriguing concept - a virus which becomes active during pregnancy and kills the mother during childbirth. The earths population is being decimated and disaster looms. It has all the ingredients for success. An obvious antagonist, an unpleasant scientist working hard to produce the cure, two young protagonists. It has twists in the plot and everything looks bad for the protagonists right until the end. The antagonist comes to a nasty end - or is that true? I'll look forward to a follow-up book. Could that antagonist have survived?

It's well edited too. Nice to find a book without obvious mistakes.

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