
Added on January 13, 2026
• Michael Agliolo’s stunning first novel takes you on a journey through human history on a collision course with nuclear Armageddon. • Nine words, written in an ancient language, are found embedded deep in the pixels of a photograph taken by Photographer Matt Reese. Struck by a flash of light Matt and model Elaine Gardner experience a simultaneous near-death experience that leads them to the epicenter of a world on the brink of nuclear war. • As the past echoes to today, the power of a single photograph is all that separates humanity from World War III.
I enjoyed this story.Liked the many characters and the fast moving plot.Some of the historic connections were a stretch, but it was an enjoyable book.
This intriguing book by Michael Agliolo tells the fictional tale of how World War III will occur and how a nuclear Armageddon will happen because of it. The novel says that a photograph lost in history of an ancient language inscription is the secret behind it. It’s up to studying the photograph to help prevent this disaster from happening. With this intricate story, you’ll be taken everywhere from San Francisco, Iranian deserts, and Israel as various characters work their way to try to solve th
I enjoyed this book a lot, but I’ll not review the book as others do it so much better than I. I really, really enjoyed the book, and the author is really, really talented at his writing, and I’ll be following his work going forward. (Actually, I’m reading another of his books next. And yes, Last Light was THAT GOOD). I just wish that new/young authors had access to an editor, as the errors in this book dropped by rating from a 5 to a 4, and yes there are that many misspelled words, poor punctua