Countdown City by Ben H Winters

Countdown City (The Last Policeman, #2)

by Ben H Winters

Set three months before the deadly asteroid 2011GV1 is due to hit Earth, this Last Policeman sequel chronicles the further adventures of Hank Palace. The Concord Police Department is now operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, and Hank is out of a job-until he's hired by a business tycoon to help find the man's estranged son. Hank's search leads him to a visibly collapsing East Coast landscape where anti-immigrant militia patrol the shores, fending off droves of people fleeing the "impact zone" of the asteroid.

Reviewed by sarahjay on

3 of 5 stars

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I love Hank. And I love the writing style. This book was weaker than The Last Policeman was, though. But the whole insane premise of this trilogy made up for that for me. The third book will probably be epic.

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