Description
Product ID: | 9781594746260 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | The Last Policeman Trilogy |
Title: | Countdown City |
Subtitle: | The Last Policeman Book II |
Authors: | Author: Ben H. Winters |
Page Count: | 320 |
Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Set three months before the deadly asteroid 2011GV1 is due to hit Earth, this title chronicles the further adventures of Hank Palace. “A genre-defying blend of crime writing and science fiction.”—Alexandra Alter, The New York Times Detective Hank Palace returns in the second in the speculative mystery trilogy set on the brink of the apocalypse. There are just 77 days before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Palace is out of a job. With the Concord police force operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, Hank''s days of solving crimes are over...until a woman from his past begs for help finding her missing husband. Brett Cavatone disappeared without a trace—an easy feat in a world with no phones, no cars, and no way to tell whether someone’s gone “bucket list” or just gone. With society falling to shambles, Hank pieces together what few clues he can, on a search that leads him from a college-campus-turned-anarchist-encampment to a crumbling coastal landscape where anti-immigrant militia fend off “impact zone” refugees. Countdown City presents another fascinating mystery set on brink of an apocalypse--and once again, Hank Palace confronts questions way beyond "whodunit." What do we as human beings owe to one another? And what does it mean to be civilized when civilization is collapsing all around you? |
Imprint Name: | Quirk Books |
Publisher Name: | Quirk Books |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2013-07-16 |