Review: After: The Echo will have you searching your a bug-out bag!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 24, 2013
After: The Echo picks up whereAfter: The Shockleft off. Billions of people have been killed and a few people are trying to get through to what they believe will be a safe haven deep in the mountains at mile marker 291. The Zapheads are learning and evolving - but into what yet - no one knows.This book really freaked me out. I read the first one and was spooked but for some reason this one had a more harrowing affect on me. Maybe its because we get a little more into the characters mindsets, or see how desolate the world really has become. How the people we thought would protect us - will turn tail and run - or simply turn on us altogether.I love how Nicholson always allows the most basic of human emotions to be the basis for the for his stories, in this one it is survival, but beyond that it is finding your place in the world. Whether you look from the view of the few remaining humans or the ever increasing population of zapheads - they are all just trying to understand and find a way to belong somewhere, find some semblance of normalcy in a world gone chaotic.I am not a big believer in the end of the world - or at least I wasn't. These books by Scott Nicholson are making me rethink my views that being a little more prepared may not be a bad thing.If you enjoy great fiction with characters that are engaging, a plot that is fresh and fun - BUY THIS BOOK. Buy the series. You will not be disappointed.And if this is your first trip into Scott Nicholson's world - WELCOME!! Enjoy the ride. He always guarantees a great thrill!!...now if only he would list the proper tools needed for my bug out bag.....