A review by buildhergender
After America by John Birmingham

4.0

Part two of John's Birmingham's Without Warning Series.
For people who listen to audio books, it is terrible to listen to one then the next right after it. It might be the same reader, but it has been years in his life and he never does the same voices that he did the first time. Oh well.
What to say about this book.
I liked it.
There were still some of the problems I had with the previous books, where the narrative skips around from point to point of view but the times do not mesh.
In one narrative the author makes a comment about a protagonist noticing the still snow bound trees in Texas, and within a few pages we have another character spending hours in New York City's waterways. It isn't till half-way through the book that we realize that the first narrative is taking 5 months in the past and there seems to be no good reason for the author to have hidden this from us.
Three of the view points are from characters that were main characters in the first Novel.
Juilanne Balwyn, an assassin of many names and the president, I won't mention his name here in case someone hasn't read the first novel.
We are also introduced to two people who were secondary characters but who now have bigger rolls in this book.
Miguel Pieraro who has his whole family killed in front of him and must escape Texas with his only remaining family member and a Polish Sergeant who is trying to stay alive and clean up New York.
I felt the Miguel storyline was the standout. His story had brought to mind passages of Lonesome Dove.

If you liked the first book then you will like this one. If you haven't read the first one, then stop and read it first.