The Calculations of Rational Men by Daniel Godfrey
(Self published, 2022)
Reviewed by Stuart Carter
It’s 1962, and the whole world is breathing a sigh of relief after the Cuban Missile Crisis ends peacefully—even the 500 inmates of HMP Queen’s Bench, an isolated prison in the north of England. But their relief is to be short-lived…
One December night, a thermonuclear attack is unleashed upon the UK, and the men are herded into an underground shelter beneath the prison, along with a small military detachment. The inmates are tense, the shelter is crowded, and their keepers are terrified. No one has any idea what’s happening above ground, only that the Geiger counters show deadly radioactive fallout has covered the prison and will swiftly finish anyone unlucky enough to be out there.
Are you terrified enough yet? Because things only go downhill from here in The Calculations of Rational Men.
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