This is the third volume of 'The Aftermath' series, but it's a bit odd because it follows on from the end of the first volume. Both are written by the same author and it's almost as if the second volume hadn't happened. The story is set about a century after a sequence of asteroids collided with Earth. The world is starting to experience a normalisation of the climate, with seasons becoming less extreme and growing seasons returning to what we might expect them to be.

We are two or three generations after the disaster. There are vestiges of the old technology remaining, but this is very much an unpowered world. Transport consists of walking, horse power, and the odd bicycle here and there. The cycling largely occurs in Oxford, which is where the story is set because the roads outside of Oxford haven't been maintained all that well. It is a landscape of flooded plains, with hills moved a bit here and there by asteroid debris, giving rise to drainage patterns that are different to how they are today.

It is interesting that, in addition to echoes of modern technology, we also have echoes of modern society. This is what aroused my interest in the book. The Oxford colleges have maintained their dominance upon the city, in a world where knowledge is at a premium. And yet, there are forces to subvert this structure that are active within the city. Outside it's walls, industry is starting to make a return, mainly by smelting down scrap metal, and it is the tension between the old and the new that provides the drama of the book.

The book revives some characters from the first volume, and these are blended well to provide a platform for the introduction of a new set of characters. I found most of them to be credible, sympathetic with some, and not with others. They all play a part, one which I quite enjoyed.

I found the story engaging and written at a nice pace. The book is written well and a joy to read. I will be on the lookout for a fourth volume because the story didn't quite arrive at a resolution and I think that it does have further to travel. I can thoroughly recommend this book.literature sci-fi Tony T1 review

Great book! And a strong follow up to Hutchinson's "Shelter"(part 1 of the trilogy, Sanctuary follows on directly from it).

You've never read a book it... Part police procedural, part post apocalyptic fiction, throughly engrossing and believable. All characters developed thoroughly. I literally couldn't put it down, which is (in my lowly opinion) because it's so well written, original, well structured, often wrily funny...

Read Shelter first. You won't be dissapointed. Ben Brackett1,342 4

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