He is investigating the disappearance of Brett Cavatone.

We start this book with only 77 days left before the asteroid named Maia smacks down in Indonesia and kills off most of the Earth's population.In the remaining days, Henry can't seem to relax and feels a sense of duty from his police force days. We are still enjoying former Detective Henry Palace, the cop that can't retire.

Read moreĪfter reading The Last Policeman I had to get Countdown City. Given the current political climate, this series feels incredibly relevant. This is a future that could realistically happen and Winters covers a myriad of human reactions that are just as plausible. The details feel alarmingly real as Winters weaves his simple story with big ideas. He has to deal with anarchists forging their own society with their own rules, groups of hoarders, and a lack of the basics of life we all take for granted.The mystery is almost beside the point, its main function being the thing that gives Hank's life meaning when life is slowly eroding into meaninglessness.

Hank's search for Brett takes him into an increasingly chaotic and lawless landscape. With the asteroid Maia hurtling toward Earth, the husband of Hank's long ago babysitter asks him to find her husband and bring him back home. This time, Hank Palace is no longer a police detective, but he's still obsessed with solving a mystery, a missing person case. There was no letdown from the first book in this near future trilogy. The second novel in the Last Policeman trilogy, Countdown City presents a fascinating mystery set on the 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? 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.

Justice Department, Hank's days of solving crimes are over-until a woman from his past begs for help finding her missing husband.īrett 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 the Concord police force operating under the auspices of the U.S. There are just 77 days to go before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Hank Palace is out of a job. 'Extraordinary-as well as brilliant, surprising, and, considering the circumstances, oddly uplifting.' - Mystery Scene Magazine on The Last Policeman

Countdown city by ben h winters