The Birth of the Peacekeepers. |  | Author: Ricky Sides
Publisher: Books in Motion
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  19 reviews
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 1
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Product Description
Centered around a series of natural disasters of biblical proportions that are occurring on a global scale, tens of millions have died as a result of the earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, gigantic super cell thunderstorms and tornados that are ravaging the earth. A rogue nation decides to take advantage of the chaos at this time to attack America with nuclear weapons. The American intelligence network learns of the plan and the government decides to launch a first strike at this rogue nation. This information leaks out to other nations and soon the world is poised on the brink of all out nuclear conflagration as the nuclear nations choose sides in the coming conflict. As the militaries of the world go underground in preparation for the attack most of the world is blissfully ignorant of what is about to happen. There are a few exceptions to this. The civilians that are aware make plans to try to survive the attack as well. As the moment for the attack draws near, the disaster plagued planet is beset by earthquakes of unprecedented intensity and numbers. Oddly the epicenters seem to be located at every major military installation around the world. (It is implied and hinted at that divine intervention has saved mankind from nuclear war, though it is never outright stated.) When the survivors of the earthquakes look around them the next morning they see a world drastically changed. A few men and women struggle to cope with the devastation as best they can but many turn to marauding as a means of survival. Preying on any people they encounter they slaughter any that oppose them as they take anything they want. A few of the survivors band together to protect those weaker than themselves.
Jim Wilison: Martial arts expert trained in survival techniques. Superb marksman. Gifted martial artist. Tactical training for leadership. Sniper skills.
Patricia Huxley: 28 year old woman who was a Child prodigy specializing in computer programming.
Tim Wilison: 13 year army corps of engineers. Demolition specialist, pilot of small single engine aircraft as a hobby. Marksman, student of military battle tactics.
Lina: A free spirited woman dead set on exploring the country to see what is left. Rescued by Jim and trained extensively.
Lacey Carteen: A woman trying to raise her eight year old son in the post cataclysmic setting. Rescued by Jim. Learned survival training from Jim. Becomes a stabilizing influence in his life.
Evan Carteen: 8 year old son of Lacey who helps heal an old wound in Jim's soul and in the process make him a better man.
Pete Damroyal: Aging veteran of Vietnam war era. Sniper. guerilla warfare specialist. Organized large survival group in Chicago Illinois. Superb tactician. Hand to hand combat specialist. Leader of the survival group.
Maggie Peterson: An attractive woman in her mid thirties with short black hair worn in a short shag. Maggie had been a trauma care specialist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago who was known for her volatile temper and her at times unorthodox approach to saving lives. She had been brought up on charges upon three separate occasions for deviating from protocol. In each case her unorthodox approach saved the lives of her patients whereas following the protocols would have failed to do so therefore the Chief of Staff ordered the incorporation of her new techniques into standard treatment protocols.
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 What a great story February 4, 2010
S. Brown (Boston, MA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was hooked on this book after reading a free Kindle sample. It only got better. The three story lines were all gripping, they stood well alone and intertwined well at the same time. I found myself looking forward to re-joining Jim as he drove around in his big-rig looking for his brother. The story line with Pete was exciting and I found I read faster & faster as the excitement built. Some people would say this was a "guy" book but this girl really enjoyed it (enough to buy the rest of the series). I can't wait to get to the 2nd book.
Gripping and exciting action! April 5, 2010
Sierra Rose (Rayland, OH)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's not easy finding post apocalyptic or post global disaster books that aren't either over the top in one way or another and it's been many years since I've had the chance to read one that didn't seem too outlandish or just wasn't set right.
Mr. Sides first book in his Peacekeepers series accomplished that. I read the sample and immediately one-clicked the rest. I found his story setting, details, characters to all be well-written, highly detailed in the places where details counted and easily understood. Each character, from Jim, Patricia and down to little Evan were all real to me and that is a vital element for me as a reader.
The action was well-founded, not cliched as some of these style books can be and never boring. I enjoyed his dialogue between the characters. Now as for some of the complaints listed in other reviews, I didn't see it. I didn't see Mr. Sides treating his female characters in anyway that degraded them or made them lesser characters and certainly while there was violence in this type of book I honestly would have wondered about it if there hadn't been. I certainly can say as a female reader that I wasn't offended and thought he handled Patricia very well.
I don't normally give or say if you like a certain author then you will like so and so but in this case and for readers of the old Guardian series by Richard Austin then give this series a try.
Fantastic, gripping read May 24, 2010
TraceyA (Slacks Creek, QLD, Aus)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Birth of the Peacekeepers actually surprised me a lot. Disaster/post-disaster scenarios are not uncommon and have become something of a cliché so I wasn't sure I would like it. I was very, very pleasantly surprised because the author has created such a believable scenario that I very quickly got lost in the action. I was captivated from the very first page. The pages literally turn themselves and I personally have stayed up way too late more than once as I couldn't wait to see what happened next.
Unlike a lot of other post-apocalyptic world's I've read about the author here has created a group of characters that are not perfect, not special - rather they are ordinary people reacting in an extraordinary environment. Ricky Sides has a wonderful, very readable style. A truly fantastic read that I would highly recommend to anyone. I can't wait to finish the series
excellent beginning.... September 3, 2010
Roy Smoot (Avondale Estates, Ga USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Once I started this book, I was hooked. Well written and very engaging story, so I will get the second and continue the adventure.
Grimly Realistic IMO January 4, 2010
dave conifer
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this book about life in a lawless America, the result of a series of natural and man-made catastrophes. For me, the story is about -- me. I don't think I'm the only person who wonders how he would behave when there are no rules. Most of us would like to think we'd be like Jim Wilison, a very capable man who usually chooses to do the right thing and is learned and trained well enough to do a lot of good for a lot of people. Not everybody is as virtuous as Wilison in this story and the resulting conflicts are a major feature in the plot.
Other reviewers have mentioned that the story is rife with cruelty, rape, murder and thievery. Although I've never lived through an apocalypse, what I know about human nature simply from reading the newspaper makes me think that Ricky Sides has only scratched the surface. These are the horrible things that will absolutely happen when society breaks down. How would 'regular' people behave when they and their families are faced with danger and deprivation? Who will do the right thing and who won't? For me that's a major theme of this book.
It's a riveting stand-alone story as well as a set up for the remaining books in the series. I'm looking forward to those.
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