Sci-fi

Termush

by Sven Holm
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Description

The day we came up from the shelters four people were found dead on the steps of the hotel. Welcome to Termush: a luxury coastal resort like no other. All the wealthy guests are survivors: preppers who reserved rooms long before the Disaster. Inside, they embrace exclusive radiation shelters, ambient music and lavish provisions; outside, radioactive dust falls on the sculpture park, security men step over dead birds, and a reconnaissance party embarks. Despite weathering a nuclear apocalypse, their problems are only just beginning. Soon, the Management begins censoring news; disruptive guests are sedated; initial generosity towards Strangers ceases as fears of contamination and limited resources grow. But as the numbers - and desperation - of external survivors increase, they must decide what it means to forge a new moral code at the end (or beginning?) of the world...

What it’s like

ViolenceGraphic
HorrorChilling

Details

First published
1967
Pages
192
Reading time
About 4 hours
Format
Novella
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Faber & Faber, Limited
Language
English
ISBN
9780571379156
Series
Standalone

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