{"product_id":"countdown-city-9781594746260","title":"Countdown City","description":"\u003cb\u003e\" The] weird, beautiful, unapologetically apocalyptic Last Policeman trilogy is one of my favorite mystery series.\"--John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Policeman\u003c\/i\u003e received the 2013 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original--along with plenty of glowing reviews. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Detective Hank Palace returns in \u003ci\u003eCountdown City\u003c\/i\u003e, the second volume of the \u003ci\u003eLast Policeman \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy. There are just 77 days before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Palace is out of a job. With the Concord police force operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, Hank's days of solving crimes are over...until a woman from his past begs for help finding her missing husband. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrett Cavatone disappeared without a trace--an easy feat in a world with no phones, no cars, and no way to tell whether someone's gone \"bucket list\" or just \u003ci\u003egone\u003c\/i\u003e. With society falling to shambles, Hank pieces together what few clues he can, on a search that leads him from a college-campus-turned-anarchist-encampment to a crumbling coastal landscape where anti-immigrant militia fend off \"impact zone\" refugees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountdown City\u003c\/i\u003e presents another fascinating mystery set on brink of an apocalypse--and once again, Hank Palace confronts questions way beyond \"whodunit.\" \u003ci\u003eWhat do we as human beings owe to one another? And what does it mean to be civilized when civilization is collapsing all around you?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quirk Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594746260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2013 pg. 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2013 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ben H. Winters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661110669468,"sku":"9781594746260","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1589a816-3447-4a4c-a2d9-8dcab0d5a199.jpg?v=1603898650","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/countdown-city-9781594746260","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}