The Last Albatross

The Last Albatross is the first book in Ian Irvine's Eco-thriller titles, set in 2010. It depicts what our world might be like in a few years time, focusing on environmental depletion and cultural degeneration. There is a large emphasis on green cults and terrorists, as well as a love story. The ePub version of the eBook is available to download for free on Ian Irvine's website. It is also available on the Amazon Kindle, but is not free.

The Last Albatross
Australian cover
AuthorIan Irvine
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Human Rites Trilogy
GenreFuture eco-thriller
PublisherSimon & Schuster Australia
Publication date
November 2000
Media typePrint (Paperback), ePub
Followed byTerminator Gene 

Characters
  • Jemma Elizabeth Hardey: is wife to Ryn Hardey. After finding out that Ryn and Hercus Barges stole plutonium from Maralinga, she enters her name into the Death Lottery and is haunted by emails encouraging her to commit suicide, like thousands of others around the world. She returns home to Ryn where they are chased and tracked. Jemma is a timid character who grows with confidence throughout the novel.
  • Ryn Hardey: is the husband of Jemma Hardey. He steals some plutonium from Maralinga with Hercus Barges, a dominant friend from university. Years later he and his wife are threatened by desperate green cults, determined to get their hands on the explosive material.
  • Hercus Barges:
  • Levi Seth:
  • Ulf Bamert:

Reception

Jackie Cassada said in her review for Library Journal that "the author of The View from the Mirror crafts a chilling sf suspense story set against a backdrop of 21st-century environmental depletion and cultural degeneration. First published in Australia, Irvine's latest novel, the first in a trilogy of eco-thrillers, portrays a frighteningly plausible near future".[1]

Titles of the Human Rites Sequence

Notes
  1. Cassada, Jackie (February 15, 2002). "The Last Albatross (Book)". Library Journal. 127 (3): 181. ISSN 0363-0277.

Publishers


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