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Young adult novels warning of the possible end of human life are nothing new - the novelty would be a story with an optimistic view of the future. But at 668 pages, Anthony Horowitz's latest book still aims at making a splash. The author has brought to a culmination a series of children's novels he started in 1983.
Set variously in Cairo, Dubai, Naples and Hong Kong before a final shoot-out in Antarctica, Oblivion depicts a globe nearly destroyed by nuclear war, food shortages and political...