World of Trouble

(I won this ARC from Goodreads.) I think that one of the bright spots about knowing that an asteroid is going to hit the Earth would be that no one could ever say again, “Cheer up. It’s not the end of the world!” There are only a few days left until the hunk of space rock called Maia will collide with......more

It remains hard to fathom, hard to believe, that this is what the world has become. That this, of all possible worlds and times in which I could have been born, could have been a policeman, that this is the world and time that I got. Again we join Henry Palace, policeman, in one last mystery before t......more

We now live in a world of wolves... people roaming the countryside in search of safety or love or cheap thrills. The asteroid that is going to wipe out Earth is now expected within just days. Henry only maintains his sanity by giving himself quests. In the first book, he was still a cop and was t......more

Very satisfying end to a progressively crazy series. I mean, seriously, can we expect anything else when the world is about to end? Cults aside, Henry is right there with the rest of them, still a policeman even when hunting for a sledgehammer, his sister, or that one last kiss. (But not with his sis......more

The thrills, chills and introspection go to 11 on this one. This series has been an amazing, deeply poignant look at humanity in the face of ultimate tragedy, personal and universal. At the ways we deny or make sense of it. The futility and value of action, belief, obsession and love in the face of......more