Review: A good mildly SCI-FI story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 7, 2014
Let me paint the scene here.  There has been global warfare and the US has suffered to a significant degree.  Los Angeles, Vegas and other places bomb.  There there a civilization after the bombings/war but we really don't get much more than some glimpses of that.  This story is about Carl, an ex-military type that served his country, made some money afterwards, bought a homestead in the middle of nowhere and that's how we wanted it.  Into his life stumbles Jessie, an ex-military, current actress (post war actress, you figure what she does...  :)  ).  Carl saves her life and sends her down the road away from his hermitage.  Jessie stumbles into an airplane crash, finds some survivors (two young rich kids) and then finds Carl again and it gets interesting from there.The only SCI-FI here is the future date and nuclear bombing of the USA.  The rest is more of a rescue story and for all four of the main players, a time of growth.  Carl has to teach these kids how to survive away from the enclaves of civilization.We have action, adventure, growing love interest(s), and a bit of introduction to the wild, wooley west of the 21st century.The book could have given more details on the war(s) and the story behind that.  A lot of angst between two of the characters that got a bit tiring but seems to be leading towards something for a future book.I enjoyed it.,