Review: Part one of three
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2014
This is the first in a trilogy...or the first five instalments of a serial if you prefer...of a "pretty good so far" post-apocalyptic story.  I couldn't possibly give it five stars as there is no ending which is common in trilogies.The apocalypse in this case is rain.  A lot of it.  It has been raining for apparently 16 years, more or less, and most of America is flooded.  We don't know what caused the rain but there were some theories given by the characters.  I was a couple of chapters in when I thought I was going to end up with a version of Waterworld.  I was just waiting for Kevin Costner to swim in, gills and all, but aside from the immense amount of water, they aren't alike.We are following Tanner, a 16 year old girl and Russell, her guardian.  They have travelled all over, constantly moving to higher ground as civilization has devolved around them.  The biggest threat aside from drowning is people.  Food is scarce but there are still a lot of people around and many have turned to canabalism.  Not Tanner and Russell though and they have no respect for those who have.  How could you really trust or be friends with someone who's looking at you like lunch.If you can get past the problem of the flooding, i.e. how deep they say the water is even though there can't possibly be that much on the planet, then the rest is nothing but great story.  I'm looking forward to learning more about this new world of ours and what happens to Tanner and Russell.