Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Auburn, WA : Fairwood Press, 2006.
Description
Sixty years after a plague destroyed most of humanity, Eric once again begins a journey across America, searching for answers and the father he was separated from during the plague.
User reviews
LibraryThing member stellarexplorer
Decent post-apocalyptic fiction, with a significant debt to the classic Earth Abides. I enjoyed it but by no means is it a must-read. Had flaws, but a solid effort. Not much that was new, but good characters, well-intended. Succeeds at around a 3+/5 level. Best was to read it during my own
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mini-apocalypse (Hurricane Irene). Show Less
LibraryThing member jpsnow
This short dystopian novel anticipated the Covid pandemic by fourteen years. It’s a thoughtful story, told throughout via shifts between the time of a pandemic and the remnant of society sixty years later. I appreciated it being set in an area I know very well. It also conveys a strong moral
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about our environment and connection to it, without turning to polemic. Show Less
LibraryThing member burritapal
What will happen when civilization falls? If you're lucky, you'll survive. Or would you be lucky? Looting and disease, poisons in the air and water, from all the containment broken and leaking.
This book made me miss my mom and dad. When the past is gone, it's only alive in your memories. When
This book made me miss my mom and dad. When the past is gone, it's only alive in your memories. When
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you're gone . . . Show Less
Awards
Colorado Blue Spruce Award (Nominee — 2008)
Locus Recommended Reading (First Novel — 2006)
Language
Original publication date
2006-11
Physical description
303 p.; 22 inches
ISBN
0974657387 / 9780974657387