Review: A Convert
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2014
I picked up LA Dark while browsing through recent SHTF fiction and started out skeptical. The protagonists are younger than myself and "Millennials" living in Los Angeles not far from the beach, which is very much not what I am. They are generally unaware and uninterested in events occuring outside their immediate preoccupations, although they are not without charm and talent. One is a former soldier and another is an aerospace engineer and pilot, and the rest are more typical people without solid practical skill sets. When the lights go out and an explosion occurs, the story begins in earnest.As another person wrote, the novelette is mostly conversation and less action but its quite enjoyable. The protagonists are three dimensional people with solid motivations, flaws, and positive qualities. The EMP event is typical of SHTF fiction, but the setting of modern day LA is intriguing because it highlights those people who badly want to survive but are part of the great mass of individuals who may well perish in a major depopulation event.I'm definitely going to pick up the following books to read how this proceeds.