Todd - Adam J NicolaiWithout warning on a sunny June afternoon, all life on Earth vanishes. Reeling and alone in the aftermath, Alan and his son Todd scrounge through the ruins of civilization to survive.
Finding food and water is easy. Electric power is harder. But Alan has his own search, one he tries to hide from his son: after a lifelong struggle with depression, his scarcest resource now is a reason to keep living.
Through wildfires and tornadoes, as the deadly cold of a Minnesota winter draws closer, the two ask questions that may never be answered. Why did this happen? Why were they spared? They don't realize that behind the empty sky, the entity that did this still watches.
Or that its plans have only begun.
An intriguing idea completely ruined by repetitive introspection and awful characters. Alan was a whining, self-pitying, self-indulgent idiot. And if I hadn't been told Todd was eight I'd have pegged him at four or five, which would have made much more sense, given his lack of knowledge, behaviour and vocabulary.
I only kept reading for answers as to who had done this and why and what their end game was. What were the Blurs? What was the purpose of the Blue Star? Absolutely none of which was addressed at all.
A real disappointment.
LabRat
