Rule of Extinction

This was a strong start to the Preservation of Species series, it had that feel that I was looking for and enjoyed the feel of this. The characters had that element that I was looking for and enjoyed the feel of this. It had that horror element that I was looking for and worked as a opening chapter. Geoff Jones has a strong writing style and am excited to read more in this series.

I couldn’t put this book down. Fast paced, action packed and thought provoking.
A cataclysmic comet is heading for earth. Survival seems impossible. Society is collapsing as the human race counts down the days to their extinction.
Then the pods arrive.
Faced with the impossible and the unknown, how do you choose?
Thousands take a chance on survival.

The author has a sophisticated and immersive writing style. I read this book in one sitting. There’s multiple POV’s switching between earth before the comet hit and the new world our characters find themselves in. Jones navigates this really well. Helping us piece together the characters and their lives without it becoming too confusing. There’s a lot of chaos pre-comet, but there’s also people still fighting to protect and take care of those who need it. Disaster brings out the best and the worst of humanity.

After they leave the pods, our characters have to figure out how to survive the new world and each other.
There are good people and there are bad people. The rest fall into the grey area between. Not everyone who survives the end of the world will do so with good intentions.
A spectrum of morality is explored.
What are you willing to do to survive? Who are you willing to sacrifice to ensure you see another day? What type of world are you looking to create and how do you get there?

The characters are fantastic , fleshed out and complicated. Each is driven by their history, experiences and hopes for the future. Ultimately these goals can’t Co-exist and we watch them grapple for control.
Jones is ruthless in the deaths of characters. No one is safe, just like the real world. Nature is indifferent.

The lines between a fresh start and prison become blurred. How do we feel about preservation of species in an artificial environment when we’re the specimen ? Can something be a saviour and a captor at the same time?