Five explosive thrillers set around the world
Travel to some of the world’s dangerous places via books!
Five explosive thrillers set around the world – It’s always fun to see where you end up travelling to when you start a book. Sometimes you can go to a new country, a new town, discover a new beach…There’s a selection of thrillers out there though that allow you to travel into a world you hope never comes true….one where nuclear weapons rule, where terrorists have taken over and where the end of the world is closer than you think.
Nuclear energy, chemical warfare, terrorism are all sadly relevant issues in today’s world. Experiencing them via fiction however allows you to stay safe whilst being in some of the most dangerous landscapes on earth..
The Carrier by Mattias Berg
Nuclear weapons and the future of the world
Jeepers, if you’re afraid of the way the world is going regarding nuclear weapons then you might (not) want to read this! Mattias has taken the worries, dangers and fears, mixed them all together and then grown them into something else entirely. What I loved about this novel is that he has set it in Sweden, where there is a long history of nuclear energy research and development. There are underground tunnels under Stockholm, a hotel with a secret passageway and a race against time……
The Abrupt Physics of Dying by Paul Hardisty
Terrorism and the power of the oil industry
Claymore Straker works as an oil company engineer in the wilds of Yemen when he is hijacked at gunpoint by Islamic terrorists. There’s mysterious sickness afflicting the village of Al Urush, close to the company’s oil-processing facility so Clay wants to find out how they are connected. It’s interesting to find out about these issues in a thriller as you get to the heart of the action – the author is an engineer, hydrologist and environmental scientist. An author with a unique background writing about unique and fascinating situations.
The Chemical Detective by Fiona Erskine
Chemical weapons, Chernobyl
Starting off in Teeside (where the book notes that this is where ICI, the famous chemical company was located in its heyday), the book follows a truck of chemical produce across Eastern Europe. The book focuses on the events and the journey of the chemical products to Chernobyl. This of course was the infamous nuclear plant where there was a major explosion in 1986.
The author works in the chemical trade in Teeside herself so she know what she’s talking about!
Exclusion Zone by J M Hewitt
Nuclear energy and Chernobyl
What happened after Chernobyl? What happened to the people who lost their family? What happened to those who survived? Forced to leave their contaminated homes? Try to survive despite their poisoned bodies? What life was there left if any in that zone around the nuclear factory? Take that background and add a thriller of a detective looking for someone still missing, and you have a cracking thriller on your hands.
The Manhattan Project by Paul McNieve
Terrorism on a wide scale
We all fear a city being the victim of a major attack. It’s already happened – planes hitting the world trade centre, poisonous gases released on the Tokyo Tube, mass shootings in schools and cities. What would happen if someone tampered with the water system, our energy supplies, turned the very technology we rely on and take for granted, to work against us?
In this thriller, someone wants to avenge all those who died and suffered at Hiroshima…..
Whichever book you read, it’s going to be one heck of an explosive ride!
Books set in war time (Explosive thrillers)
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