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Synopsis
Crushing gravity. Thin air. Winters of unimaginable cold Searing summers under two suns. A deadly wasteland teeming with monsters and killing fever. That was Ragnarok, the most dreaded planet yet discovered. And Ragnarok was where a thousand untrained Earthmen -- and women and children -- were brutally marooned by a sadistic enemy.Two hundred died the first night.In the morning, the survivors knew what they must live for...revenge!
Is The Survivors appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
Contains mass death (200 colonists die first night) and survival horror elements including deadly monsters, extreme environmental hazards, and themes of revenge. Violence is plot-central but likely period-appropriate (1958) rather than graphically depicted.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include child harm, captivity, mass death, and death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens who love survival stories against impossible odds and tales of human determination will be gripped by this desperate fight for life on a killer planet.