Very good post-apocalyptic story. Face paced. Very good read.

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Bloody, scary, and completely possible. Good character development and plausible scenarios.

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This book really made me think about how we as a country and we as a race, would handle a "natural" disaster of global proportions. I call this a natural disaster because the author has not provided us with sufficient information yet. I look forward to reading the next book in this storyline; maybe we will find out what kind of disaster this is.

If the actions and behaviours of the characters in the book are anything like real people, then we are in deep deep trouble.

Terror walks the streets and no one is safe on a personal level; the disaster causes extreme panic and we see killing and looting worldwide. The world was in a war of epic oportions before the disaster began and the Western nations were NOT winning.

I would recommend this book as a very good futuristic thriller by an author who keeps the suspense level high.

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This is a post apocalyptic novel where most of North America is depopulated by a mysterious "Wave" of unknown energy. The action follows several story lines involving the ensuing worldwide political and economic collapse into disorder and chaos. It's focused on the role of the remaining U.S. military on overseas deployments, and on the few surviving domestic bases circa March 2003. The remnant civilian Americans are in Hawaii, Washington state, or worldwide as ex pats. There are main characters in Europe, the Middle East, Gitmo, Hawaii, and Seattle and the high seas. The story lines proceed independently until there is a small linkup in the last few chapters. It is a good read, with a lot of action and desperate measures as both enemies and allies with new priorities interact with each other and the American military. It moves along quickly as matters grow progressively worse...everywhere. The "Wave" vanishes as mysteriously on the last page as it appeared in the first chapter. This does make the whole book seem like it was just setting up for the next one. But it's a page turner that keeps you moving from crisis to crisis following the well written main characters for 500 or so pages.

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