Review: A promising start to what could be an enduring post-apocalyptic series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2013
I'm a sucker for a good post-apocalyptic story, especially a long one, so I was happy to try "Season One" of Sean Platt and David Wright's series Yesterday's Gone when it was the Kindle Daily Deal recently. My understanding is that this is an open-ended series that will keep going as long as readers remain interested and the writers have ideas to explore. Season one is made up of six smaller (100 pages or so) volumes, which are all collected in this edition.The story here is...a bit vague. In the middle of the night, 99.9% of the Earth's population vanishes, and those who remain have to figure out what happened. Oh, and they have to do it without being eaten by weird alien zombie type things. There is also a nefarious government agency and a couple of opposing supernatural forces. It's very Stand-like in a lot of ways, with a fair amount of shows like Lost and even The Walking Dead. If the plot seems vague, it's because the authors spend most of their time here introducing and developing their cast of characters. This is a smart move, because without good characters it's hard to get into a story, especially a long one. Fortunately the characters Platt and Wright have come up with are very memorable, easy to tell apart and for the most part people you find yourself caring about pretty quickly.Between the strong characters, steady pace, the weird but fascinating overall story and the (mostly) believable dialogue, Yesterday's Gone was a very easy book - sorry, Season - to get into. I can definitely see settling in for the long haul if the additional seasons are this enjoyable, assuming the authors do finally get around to letting us know what really happened at 2:15 AM and why.