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MY REVIEW

After The Fall by Gerry Gainford is an apocalyptic, dystopian, science fiction novel that kept engrossed in the story of a Washington State that lies in ruins. Nuclear bombs, computer viruses and plagues run rampant. I love that Haley tools around on a motorcycle that she manages to keep running because of her engineering knowledge.

All hell breaks loose when she makes a run for it, after her friend, Jimmy, is murdered.

Haley had left her girlfriend in Dublin and is trying to get back to her. Made me think of Darryl in Walking Dead and I’m curious to see how she is going to cross the ocean to get home. It’s bad enough that she has to dodge those who want her dead, radiation sickness, and plagues. I love a strong, female protagonist that manages to keep her humanity, yet does what is necessary to protect herself, including killing those who would kill her first if she didn’t defend herself.

The world building created a desolate landscape and the pacing made it as hard for me to stop as it did for Haley. The characters run the gamut, but many have lost their humanity. They take what they want, with no regard for their actions. Much of the collusion was hidden from me and I love how Gerry Gainford was able to keep me in the dark. It made it all the more dangerous, not knowing who to trust (NO ONE).

I am eagerly awaiting the next book in the series.

GOODREADS BLURB

Haley left Dublin for a six-week internship in Seattle.

Four years later and she’s living in the ruins of Washington State after the world fell in a cascade of nuclear bombs, computer viruses and human plagues.

When she is accused of her friend’s murder, she flees into the night, with one destination in mind. Home to Marley, the love she left behind.

To escape her pursuers, skip around the swathes of chemical and radioactive waste, avoid the Kings, a roaming gang of marauders, she will need to use every bit of engineering knowledge she has.

Can she make it across the continent and an uncrossable ocean to finally get home?

Does home still exist, or did it perish in the Fall?

• Genre: Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Fiction, Science Fiction
• 331 pages, Kindle Edition
• Published August 19, 2024 by yodacats books
• Series: The Engineer And The Apcalypse, Book I

ABOUT GERRY GAINFORD

Gerry Gainford is a nerd who spends the workday talking about computer security.

The rest of the time he lives in Los Angeles, with a wife and kids where he likes to go camping, ride motorcycles, do woodwork badly, tell bad jokes, drink good beer and write.

He’s originally from Ireland and hopes some day to know what he wants to be when he grows up.

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