P. R. Principe

Omega Plague: Collapse by P.R. Principe, is first and foremost, about Bruno Ricasso. Ricasso is a guy's guy, a cop, a Carabiniere, a man who wants to defend the people, help them, and most importantly, to keep them safe. When everyone in the world begins to get sick from an airborne version of AIDS, and society starts to crumble around him, and the other cops are bailing on the small island he works and lives on, he is still trying to keep everyone safe. When the world really starts to go to pieces, he just wants to keep his sister safe - and I think all of us can understand how we just want to keep our families safe. For much of the book, Ricasso is trying to survive by myself - and does so rather well, under the circumstances, though he does meet a few interesting characters along the way. In the end, the book wraps up the major story lines, including meeting up with the re-occurring bad guy, but leaves us hanging just enough to make us wonder if there is going to be a sequel.

The author, Principe, does a great job throughout building and keeping the suspense of the story. The reader can't help but continue to turn the pages, wondering how Bruno is going to get out of the latest disaster and hoping he'll manage to keep his sister alive. Bruno does not show a lot of emotion throughout the book, keeping his feelings tightly in check in order to survive. Omega Plague: Collapse is a book that will keep you up at night.… (altro)

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There were many names for the AIDS like virus that was sweeping across the world, but the American’s named it best when they called it the Omega virus. HAV or a modified AIDS virus has taken most of the world population, those who are left have to fight against each other and new gangs that are rising up daily.

Narration for this was pretty good, not amazing, and not terrible. There weren’t really any parts that I didn’t like, I just felt like he never really showed much emotion. The main character was going through so much in the book and it was maybe a few notches above monotone. Production was great, no issues there at all.

Well, two things are definitively clear, Principe knows a lot about radios and a lot about Italy/Napels. This book was not short on either one of those. He did a pretty good job explaining the virus, but for a book that seems to market itself as a bio-thriller the bio part is really missing. I would know, bio-thrillers are some of my favorite kind of fiction. If Principe had wanted to write a post-apocalyptic novel, he should have stayed away from using “Plague” in the title. That really gives the reader the wrong idea.

I think if I would have known this was a survival story/post apocalyptic story and not really a bio-thriller my rating may have gone up a bit.

I sort of felt like a “dumb American” while reading this, because I know little to nothing about the area in which this takes place, but I don’t think that Principe explained it well either. It just felt like he assumed the reader would know where he was talking about and what the scenery would look like.

Overall, the main character was slightly stale and underwhelming. I felt like he could have been better. Everything about his story: past, present, and future just seemed very cookie cutter to me.

The action in this story was pretty good, it definitely kept the story moving from beginning to end. There weren’t too many characters in this novel, but it just felt like something was missing.

Overall, the action and post-apocalyptic world kept me interested, but I wish there would have been more…something.

Audiobook was provided for review the author.… (altro)