The Man Who Ended the World

The Man Who Ended the World

by Jason Gurley
The Man Who Ended the World

The Man Who Ended the World

by Jason Gurley

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Overview

When Steven Glass's third grade teacher asked his class what they wanted to be when they grew up, Steven's classmates shouted the usual answers: "A fireman!" "A teacher!" "The President!" When his turn came, Steven said, "When I grow up I'm going to be the last man on Earth."

Warning signs don't come much clearer than that.

Nearly thirty years later, Steven Glass is a billionaire. Surrounded by groupies, yes-men, investment opportunities and glamour, all Steven really wants is to be alone.

Really, really alone.

In secret, Steven builds a personal sanctuary nearly a mile underground. He vanishes from public life, goes off the grid. He's finally alone. Well, except for an artificial intelligence companion named after the only girl he ever loved.

There, Steven plays video games, heckles the news, and waits for the apocalypse. When the end doesn't come soon enough, Steven goes to work. He still has billions of dollars to spend -- and there must be something he can do to accelerate the coming storm.

Wrestling with his own destiny, unaware of the young stowaways who have discovered his underground paradise, and battling his duplicitous A.I. companion at every turn, Steven Glass struggles to create the reality he has always hoped for -- at the expense of the future of every single living human being on Earth...

Unless a pair of eleven-year-old children can stop him and save the world, that is.


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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781490321592
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 01/10/2013
Pages: 270
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Jason Gurley is the author of Greatfall, The Man Who Ended the World, The Settlers, The Colonists and Eleanor. Born in the squelchy bogs of Texas, then raised in the icy caves of Alaska, he relied on his imagination to keep him warm and dry. As a result, he firmly believes that Superman isn't Superman if he's not wearing red undies, and that Darryl Strawberry had the sweetest swing of all time. He may be the only man alive who believes both, and that's okay.

Jason lives in Oregon with his family, and is a creative director in Portland. He can be found online at jasongurley.com, facebook.com/authorjasongurley and twitter.com/jgurley, and probably a few dozen other places, if you look hard enough.
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