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The second novel in this trilogy begins 8 years after the time of the Change where all forms of power and combustion stopped working across the world and in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Portland is controlled by a psychotic ex-history professor who has modeled his leadership like an overlord. He calls himself The Protector and maintains an expansionist policy against all the other communities in the valley.
As in the last book, the protagonists are the communities led by June Mackenzie and Mi ...more
As in the last book, the protagonists are the communities led by June Mackenzie and Mi ...more
As my husband summarized it when I explained the plot -- it's a cheap trick to reset the modern era to a fantasy setting. It's an alternate history, where in 1996 all combustion engines and electrical devices ceased to work. You can imagine the immediate decimation of humanity just from starvation... this is set nine years later, as the survivors are protecting their land and people from aggressive neighbors.
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The dialogue in these books still drives me crazy, but I enjoy the stories.
Aug 01, 2008
Kelly Sandberg
rated it
it was amazing
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apocolyptic-fiction
Apr 16, 2009
Felicia A Sullivan
marked it as to-read
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teotwawki,
apocalypse-of-some-sort
Aug 13, 2012
Netanella
marked it as to-read
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science-fiction,
post-apocalyptic
Oct 01, 2012
Susan Dickson
rated it
really liked it
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