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March 14, 2003, was the day the world changed forever. A wave of energy slammed into North America and devastated the continent. The U.S. military, poised to invade Baghdad, was left without a commander in chief. Global order spiraled into chaos. Now, three years later, a skeleton U.S. government headquartered in Seattle directs the reconstruction of an entire nation—and the battle for New York City has begun.
Pirates and foreign militias are swarming the East Coast, taking everything they can. The president comes to the Declared Security Zone of New York and barely survives the visit. The enemy—whoever they are—controls Manhattan's concrete canyons and the abandoned flatlands of Long Island. The U.S. military, struggling with sketchy communications and a lack of supplies, is mired in a nightmare of urban combat.
Caught up in the violence is a Polish-born sergeant who watches the carnage through the eyes of an intellectual and with the heart of a warrior. Two smugglers, the highborn Lady Julianne Balwyn and her brawny partner, Rhino, search for a treasure whose key lies inside an Upper East Side Manhattan apartment. Thousands of miles away, a rogue general leads the secession of Texas and a brutal campaign against immigrants, while Miguel Pieraro, a Mexican-born rancher, fights back. And in England, a U.S. special ops agent is called into a violent shadow war against an enemy that has come after her and her family.
The president is a stranger to the military mindset, but now this mild-mannered city engineer from the Pacific Northwest needs to make a soldier's choice. With New York clutched in the grip of thousands of heavily armed predators, is an all-out attack on the city the only way to save it?
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"This is the sequel to Without Warning and the energy wave that wiped out most of the United States, Canada, and Mexico has vanished. Just like WW there is plenty of action, focused primarily on Texas and the battle for New York City as the US government tries to re-establish itself in North America."
— Bill (4 out of 5 stars)
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“Birmingham’s inspired speculation is ingenious and engrossing.”
— Publishers Weekly
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" Okay, I liked this one a little better than the first one. I still didn't care as much about the 'little people' (Jules, Caitlin and Miguel) story lines as I did about the 'Big picture' plot points President Kipper and the war) "
— Gene, 2/17/2014 -
" mostly a tour through the areas people are trying to re establish three years after the Event "
— Pat, 2/15/2014 -
" The first novel, Without Warning was excellent. I enjoyed 'After America.' "
— Mark, 1/23/2014 -
" Excellent sequel to Birmingham's highly original "Without Warning". "
— Roger, 1/21/2014 -
" I've stopped reading this author because while I think he's a great storyteller he uses wayyyy too much vulgar language for my taste. I don't mind some but he went over the top for me. Too bad Ioved his stories. "
— Russ, 1/16/2014 -
" Interesting take on what would happen after a global economic collapse. Makes you think about how much of the world is propped up by the US economy. And how quickly people would revert to savagery and worse if it all went away.................................. "
— Roger, 1/8/2014 -
" Could NOT put it down. A certified page-turner. Even better than the initial novel in this series. Loved the scenes of combat in - and over - NYC. Broke several traffic laws getting to the library to check out the final volume. "
— Howard, 12/10/2013 -
" Loved it - better than Without Warning (#1) "
— Sharon, 10/15/2013 -
" the ideas are awsome and this book delivered what i thought was lacking in Without Warning, the turf wars. the next book should be most excellent with it looking to be about civil war most likely. "
— zetetic, 2/3/2013 -
" This was a sequel and apparently there's another book but even so it could have ended cleaner. Good action story interesting end of the world as we know it scenario. I like disaster stories with a wide sweep. I will read book three. Hopefully the author will wrap things up cleanly. "
— Phillip, 12/28/2012 -
" Interesting take on the "what if" scenario. "
— Miamijules, 5/29/2012 -
" Awesome. Love these series "
— S.E., 5/21/2012 -
" Didn't start so well. This might be due to my appalling short-term memory. I found myself going "Huh? Wha'?" Not remembering how the first book finished. Still, got back in and it's typically Birmingham fun. "
— Nick, 4/17/2012 -
" The only reason it took me so long to read was that Tim took it off me halfway through and read it all, and he's a slower reader than me. "
— Alissa, 12/24/2011 -
" Great, but pissed off that I have to wait until next year to read the conclusion - however looking forward to it "
— Stephenwho, 6/13/2011 -
" Great book. Love all the characters. "
— Danya, 4/23/2011 -
" Boring & pointless second half of the book, especially the ending. <br/>Supposedly there is a 3rd book coming out though, so hopefully that will provide some closure. <br/>There were 3 story lines that I didn't care about at all in this book. "
— Matt, 1/6/2011 -
" Great, but pissed off that I have to wait until next year to read the conclusion - however looking forward to it "
— Stephenwho, 12/14/2010 -
" Fabulous and entrancing. Well thought out and frightening scenario. "
— William, 10/19/2010 -
" Didn't start so well. This might be due to my appalling short-term memory. I found myself going "Huh? Wha'?" Not remembering how the first book finished. Still, got back in and it's typically Birmingham fun. "
— Nick, 8/29/2010 -
" the ideas are awsome and this book delivered what i thought was lacking in Without Warning, the turf wars. the next book should be most excellent with it looking to be about civil war most likely. "
— Zetetic, 8/5/2010
About John Birmingham
John Birmingham is the author of the Axis of Time trilogy and several other novels and nonfiction titles. His book Leviathan won Australia’s National Prize for Nonfiction in 2002. He has written for the Sydney Morning Herald, Rolling Stone, Penthouse, Playboy, and numerous other magazines. He and his family live in Brisbane, Australia.
About Kevin Foley
Kevin Foley, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, has more than thirty years of experience in radio and television broadcasting, commercial voice-overs, and audiobook narration. He has recorded more than 150 audiobooks, including River Thunder by Gary McCarthy, for which he earned a Spur Award for Best Audiobook from the Western Writers of America.