Genre: Thriller/Post-Apocalyptic
Description:
“Cole Evans thought he'd found a safe haven for his family and a
growing band of survivors of the most lethal virus the world has ever known.
But he finds continued survival is far from guaranteed as they battle hostile
encounters with other survivors, nature, and devastating accidents. Are they
prepared to survive their first brutal Wisconsin winter after the rest of the
world has perished?”
Author:
“M.P. McDonald makes a living from taking your breath away... then
giving it back via a tube or two. She lives in a frozen land full of ice, snow,
and abominable snowmen. On the days that she's not taking her car ice-skating,
she sits huddled over a chilly computer, tapping out the story of a camera that
can see the future. She hopes it can see summer approaching, too.”
Appraisal:
The premise of this series is a virus that wiped out many, maybe most,
of the world’s population. This band of survivors believe they’ve outlasted the
virus although they still take precautions in many situations. In this second
volume of the series they’ve survived the initial problems and are trying to
figure out the long term.
I found the world they’re living in, the premise, and the things they
have to work out an interesting mind exercise to go through with them. Of
course, there is much more than planning involved as accidents happen, plus
other survivors pop up from time to time and it isn’t clear who is friend and
who foe. Not to mention the issues involved in a Wisconsin winter. I’m looking
forward to the next in the series to see where things go from here.
Buy now
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FYI:
While the second book in the series, this can be read as a standalone
and still understood. (I haven’t read the first in the series and it was not a
problem.)
Original review published June 5, 2017
Format/Typo
Issues:
The review is based on a pre-release beta copy of the book, so I can’t
judge the final product in this area.
Rating: *****
Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 90-95,000 words
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