Countdown City
by Ben H. Winters
2013 / 320 pages
read by Peter Berkrot 8h 18m
rating: B / crime – futurist
(#2 in The Last Policeman series)
“Boomsday” is about 4 1/2 months closer than it was in The Last Policeman #1 – it’s now only 77 days away and counting to the day a stray astroid will hit the earth dead on.
Civilization has kind of fallen apart, at least it’s not fully functional at this point, stores are empty, crime is rampant. The economy has dumped, and electricity in southern New Hampshire is out because no one is working at their jobs and leaving town or just committing suicide. >>>>MORE – no spoilers >>>>