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Termination: The Boy Who Died (Decimation Book 2) Kindle Edition

4.3 out of 5 stars 248 ratings

She was the first woman to survive childbirth in a generation.
But somebody has discovered her secret.

Antimone Lessing returns in book two of the ground-breaking Decimation trilogy

Nearly twenty years after the Orestes virus swept across the earth, finally there is hope. Women are no longer dying within seconds of giving birth. For the first time in two decades, the global population is on an upward trend.

As the world returns to normal, Antimone is back on the athletics track and a single race away from achieving her lifetime goal of winning the Olympic 1500-metre Wheelchair gold medal.

But a deadly new threat has emerged, one that could reverse the fragile recovery and spell the end of humanity’s time on the planet. Could Antimone’s unique biology once again provide the vital clue to develop a cure?

When the details of her past become exposed, ruthless forces prepare an audacious plan to kidnap the first woman in a generation to survive childbirth. Now, the only hope for her survival and that of her young family may rest with the one person she trusts least in the world.

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The Decimation series by Richard T. Burke
Decimation: The Girl Who Survived
Termination: The Boy Who Died
Annihilation: Origins and Endings
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0917MPBV2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ RJNE Books
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 16, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.8 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 300 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 11 - 12
  • Book 2 of 3 ‏ : ‎ Decimation
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 - 18 years
  • Best Sellers Rank: #644,451 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 248 ratings

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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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Customers enjoyed the first book of the series, with one mentioning it was clever, and another noting that Book 2 does not disappoint.

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Top reviews from the United States

  • Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2024
    Book 2 does not disappoint. This is a terrific second installment of Richard Burke 's story. The intriguing and excitement build right up to the very end. I'm starting the third book now!
  • Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2021
    Another action-packed adventure which I can absolutely see being made into a successful movie. It's four years since I read the first novel in this trilogy but Richard T. Burke cleverly provides sufficient detail to recap its plot without becoming tiresome.

    The pace is relentless and the action thick and fast. Loyalties shift and secrets abound. Threats, revenge and violence are never far away.

    I didn't warm to the characters in this story quite as much as in the first. I may well be in a minority of one when I say I found the same flaw as in the Harry Potter series. Namely, that the 'goodies' perform actions which the 'baddies' are castigated for, but it's ok because they're the 'goodies'. Some of the self-centred moral choices simply took my breath away.

    So how did the science measure up? After all, most readers are much more knowledgeable about virology in 2021 than we were a couple of years ago. There are explanations but we shouldn't expect to understand the state of the art as the novel is set in the foreign country of the future (2036). I did wish I could understand the perspective of the virus - how can it benefit its species by killing a host so very fast? Some of the technology described is very cool and the traditional scientific method is still the gold standard.

    It's a fast and exciting read. Having read the first two parts, I certainly will look forward to the final one.
  • Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2022
    A fantastic continuation to the story begun in the previous book in the series. I very much enjoyed reading this book and can’t wait to read the third book in this series to see how the storyline concludes. A great series that I’m very glad to have discovered!
  • Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2021
    Book 2 of the trilogy continues the story of Antimone, Jason and their child. His mother figure, Mrs Baxter, makes an appearance too, and she is still as evil as in book 1.

    Antimone is in a wheelchair race, racing against Ava, who comes from North Africa. Suddenly, their lives are completely upended. They end up in a frightening place where very scary things happen to them and to others around them. There is another baddie who makes an appearance too and he is so nasty that I just want to slap his face! That smug confidence always does it to me. Clearly, this author has a gift for weaving stories and getting the emotional balance about right.

    I don’t want to say too much more as I don’t want to give the plot away but this is a thrilling and sometimes confronting novel. I am very glad to have read it and I am waiting with bated breath for the last book in the trilogy.

    5 stars from me.
  • Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2021
    I thought the first book tied everything up into a nice neat package. Little did I realize the author had quite a bit more up his sleeve. Termination takes the tension from the first book and cranks it.

    Just as Antimone is about to win her Olympic wheelchair race, an explosion rips through the stadium. She and her family are kidnapped by a foreign power who is intent on using her to cure the virus in their country. The stakes don't get much higher than this as all their lives are on the line.

    This is a great continuation of the story -- kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time -- I recommend this highly -- cannot wait for the conclusion to the series . . .
  • Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2021
    An exciting and fast paced thriller that follows a desperate attempt to find a cure for a virus that's killing off the children of a rogue state. The State's religious leader instigates a kidnapping plot in order to find a cure, while trying to hold the UK to ransom. But inner fighting among the westerners only makes escape harder. An interesting cast of characters drive this novel to it's final showdown.
  • Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2022
    I enjoyed the first book. It did a great job world building, the story was interesting, and at times the book was even clever.

    Did the second book even have an editor? Because the author had two words to describe any unpleasant smell; "acrid," and occasionally "musty." Except for the time he gave up and used "foul-smelling," and then "acrid" again. This is just one example of multiple issues that made this book undeserving of the label "thriller." So many little inconsistencies and repetitive descriptions jerks you out of the flow of reading.

    Characters are so cardboard that when a main one is killed, it elicits no reaction. But [spoiler] not dead, because a scientist with enough medical knowledge to help develop a cure for a deadly disease can't tell the difference between a superficial head wound and a killing impact. And a military man who has seen plenty of death, including the *exact same wound* this character is supposed to have sustained, doesn't even check for a pulse. Really?

    Author drags a 3 year old kid into a dangerous situation, and then just has him fall asleep at the drop of a hat (nope, not a medical condition) whenever it's convenient to not have to deal with a kid. Said kid then sleeps, not drugged, not wounded, through a gunfire, scream-ridden, car-crashing escape, just being hauled around as dead weight. Disbelief can only suspended so much.

    And the plot didn't even support the kid needing to be there, aside from artificially inflating the emotional stakes; and the author couldn't even pull that off. How bad at writing do you have to be that you can't even make a mother reader worried for a child under threat?

    Every side character that becomes inconvenient to the rest of the plot is just killed. A high body count does not a "thriller" make; nor does lots of guns and shooting. If you have to use a bomb, you've checked out and aren't really trying.

    I'm wondering if all the effusive reviews are from carry-over from the first book?
    Because this follow-up certainly doesn't deserve it.

Top reviews from other countries

  • Squeaky Joe
    5.0 out of 5 stars Clever and thought-provoking
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 16, 2021
    Twenty years after a deadly virus sweeps the earth, women are no longer dying after giving birth. As the world returns to normal, Antimone Lessing’s Olympic hopes rest on the athletics track in the 1500-metre wheelchair gold medal. But Antimone has attracted the attention of a foreign power – one that knows how important the young athlete’s unique biology could be. When bombs are set off in the Olympic stadium, the ensuing chaos masks the activities of a small group who claim to be helping Antimone and her family escape. In the meantime, Antimone’s old adversary Rosalind Baxter is offered an interesting deal by the Prime Minister. But Rosalind wants something in return…

    This is book two of the Decimation trilogy, picking up the story twenty years after the Orestes virus created havoc across the globe. Though I haven’t read the first book (Decimation: The Girl Who Survived), it wasn’t hard to get into the story. There’s also a handy recap on the plot at the beginning. The plot itself is an interesting one that has many similarities to our current Covid situation. However, the difference here is in some ways far more frightening in its possibilities. The level of detail too, gives it a realistic feel along with the machinations of world leaders, which works well. There’s also a fairly hefty cast of characters who keep the story simmering away as the plot unfolds and the various factions fight to get the upper hand. One thing I did wonder about was the instances of repeated dialogue – several characters relate information we have already been told, and while some authors (yes, Dan Brown, I mean you) think it’s vital to repeat everything ten times, most readers don’t need to be told twice.

    I do have one technical niggle relating to the copy of the book that I read – the paperback starts on an even-numbered page, which, considering every other printed book in the English language starts on an odd-numbered page, suggests a lack of knowledge about publishing.

    For the most part, though, this is a clever, thought-provoking and slightly scary book that has an inventiveness to it that’s not often seen.
  • carol jones.
    5.0 out of 5 stars A new reader..
    Reviewed in Australia on September 28, 2021
    Have just finished the second book in the series and want to tell everyone that is looking for a way to pass an afternoon quickly to start with book 1, you won't stop until you reach the last page. Highly recommended.
  • Turbo
    4.0 out of 5 stars well written follow up to the first story
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2022
    Really enjoying this series of books, characters are well developed with an interesting storyline.
    Looking forward to reading the final part
  • Postman Liam Mulvin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2024
    A most believable and worthy series of books.
    It brings out the best and worst of its characters.
    Totally enjoyable I am now starting book 3.
    Thank you for the journey.
  • John Gladstone
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well written and suspenseful. A real page-turner
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2022
    A very well written book that, as recent events have shown, how devastating a pandemic can be. Believable characters and situations and a great story. Highly recommended. Will be reading the conclusion for sure!

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