"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?
