Book Reviews of Aftermath (Aftermath, Bk 1)

Charles Sheffield has givin me a gift of several hours of pure escape. This is a great book and I could not put it down. Fast moving, love interest, politics, survival, it is all there. I am looking forward to reading \"Starfire\" the sequel to this book.

Sheffield seems to have a flair for writing characters and dialog that can pull a reader into a story. Sadly, in this book the characters and their words are mostly wasted on an often silly plot. What happens in a world deprived of all its electronics could have been, should have been, fascinating reading. But this post-disaster book trots out all the cliches. There's genetic manipulation and cloning, here mixed up with a serial killer and his turtle; a wild-eyed shades-of-Waco religious zealot and her fanatic followers; sex, political intrigue, and ambition. Worse yet, the book is obviously intended as the beginning of a series, with a coy epilogue that promises more to come. No thanks.

This was a great book! It starts off a little bit slow, but once it gets started it is very enjoyable. I really liked the characters, and the very end has a twist that is worth the read.

I enjoyed this book tremendously! It was fast paced, had believable characters and story. It could happen!

Alpha Centuri goes supernova. For about a month there are two suns in the sky in the southern hemisphere, then the EMP hits just as man kind is pulling out of the weather deluge of rain, snow and hurricanes. Was it a fluke or was it a delibarate?

Very enjoyable read. What happens when Alpha Centauri goes supernova and the EMP kills all microchips? Read it to find out.

"One of Charles Sheffield's most cleverly plotted and vigorously entertaining works to date"- Locus
"Charles Sheffield is one of the very best hard science fiction writers in the world". - Kim Stanley Robinson

"Sheffield clothes the most advanced speculations of modern science in alluring forms of beauty and danger".-The Washington Post Book World"

More fun apocalypse fiction--a threat from space drops the world into the dark ages.

A after Alpha Centauri goes super nova and the earth is seriously damaged and what happens

A good read.