Kasker Rampart: a derelict refinery platform moored in the
Arctic Ocean. A skeleton crew of fifteen
fight boredom and despair as they wait for a relief ship to take them
home.
But the world beyond their frozen wasteland has gone to hell. Cities lie ravaged by a global pandemic. One by one TV channels die, replaced by silent wavebands.
The Rampart crew are marooned. They must survive the long Arctic winter, then make their way home alone. They battle starvation and hypothermia, unaware that the deadly contagion that has devastated the world is heading their way...
But the world beyond their frozen wasteland has gone to hell. Cities lie ravaged by a global pandemic. One by one TV channels die, replaced by silent wavebands.
The Rampart crew are marooned. They must survive the long Arctic winter, then make their way home alone. They battle starvation and hypothermia, unaware that the deadly contagion that has devastated the world is heading their way...
It had me on the edge of my seat from page one.
- Stephen Leather
An original and pacy debut.
- Daily Mail
What many people, including me, are raving about right now is Adam
Baker's OUTPOST...a stunning debut novel . . . you will want to be
one of the first people to experience it.
- Books Monthly
While ramping up the tension and confusion, Adam Baker also ramps up
the action and despite the limited canvas of the Arctic landscape,
manages to devise an impressive variety of situations for the
characters.
- The British Fantasy Society
Iraq 2005
Seven mercenaries journey deep into the desert in search of Saddam's gold. They form an unlikely crew of battle-scarred privateers, killers and thieves, veterans of a dozen war zones, each of them anxious to make one last score before their luck runs out.
They will soon find themselves marooned among ancient ruins, caught in a desperate battle for their lives, confronted by greed, betrayal, and an army that won't stay dead.
Baker’s debut novel, Outpost, was a splendidly taut
and claustrophobic end-of-the-world thriller.
Juggernaut is a prequel of sorts, set five years earlier…with clipped
sentences and whipcrack paragraphs he maintains a relentless pace. Juggernaut is hugely entertaining and as
unstoppable as its namesake.
Great characters, an amazing level of detail, an
insane yet wholly believable plot – Juggernaut is an excellent read, full of
grotesque images and unexpected revelations.
- David
Moody
(Author of the ‘Autumn’ and ‘Hater’ series.)
(Author of the ‘Autumn’ and ‘Hater’ series.)
A lock and load adventure of the highest calibre. A
tense, absorbing journey and a high speed collision of military action and
apocalyptic horror. Blackhawk Down meets Day of the Dead. Oora!"
- Adam Nevill
(Author of ‘Apartment 16’, ‘The Ritual’.)
- Adam Nevill
(Author of ‘Apartment 16’, ‘The Ritual’.)
Published 2013.