Constance B. reviewed on 7/2/2012 + 5 more book reviews

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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