OUTPOST is a great fast read. A derelict refinery platform. Baker presents a truly nightmarish scenario on many levels which twists and turns like you wouldnt believe. Its conceivable that you fall into the tiny Venn Diagram intersection of people who a trip over this blog b are interested in two year old zombie books and c somehow are only getting round to reading any of these titles two years after they were published. Adam Baker has 29 books on Goodreads with 10633 ratings. Give me the short version. Considering the isolation and inaccessibility of the refinery location he manages to spin the tale off in several unexpected directions whilst still maintaining an air of claustrophobic hopelessness. Know what I love. The story didnt fall into the usual genre trappings. Considering the isolation and inaccessibility of the refinery location he manages to spin the tale off in several unexpected directions whilst still maintaining an air of claustrophobic hopelessness. Outpost by Adam Baker unknown edition Hooray. The characters were good. As the world falls to bits the skeleton crew of the refinery Kasker Rampart are left despairing and marooned. They took the job to escape the world They didnt expect the world to end. Wanting to add more authors to my reading list I stumbled on to Adam Baker. But the icy worst is about to get a whole lot grimmer. In this book Adam Baker has decided to take a straight up action thriller approach to his novel countdowns and chases included rather than the survival horror theme of book one. A derelict refinery platform moored in the Arctic Ocean. A skeleton crew of fifteen occupy the place every day a battle with boredom and despair. Baker presents a truly nightmarish scenario on many levels which twists and turns like you wouldnt believe.