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Without Warning By John Birmingham ISBN10: 0345502892

My husband loved this book, but I felt there were a few aspects that made it difficult to read.

A huge wave of energy has covered most of America and wiped out every living thing within that area. No one can enter or go near the wave or they disappear as well, leaving a nothing, but a small pile of goo. This part reels the audience in and it’s what keeps you reading through to the, because you just have to know what the hell this wave is.

In the mean time each chapter jumps to various situations throughout the world. The war in Iraq, a boat on the ocean, Guantanamo Bay, Hawaii and Europe all erupt with one drama or another at the news of America being wiped off the map. The story was interesting and enough to hold the interest and jumping to different locations throughout didn’t distract too much, but character pov changed far too much within single chapters. This became frustrating and very distracting so that I didn’t feel connected to the story anymore. I just wanted to get to the end to find out what the wave was.

Without revealing what the wave was, I would say I found the end frustrating and disappointing, but I have been told there is another book to follow on with the story that will make up for the way this ended.

My husband has read all of Birmingham’s last 4 books and loved them so maybe it’s a more a ‘guy’ read.