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The weird beautiful unapologetically apocalyptic Last Policeman trilogy is one of my favorite mystery seriesmdashJohn Green author of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper TownsWinner of the Philip K Dick AwardThe Last Policemanreceived the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original--along with plenty of glowing reviewsNow Detective Hank Palace returns inCountdown City the second volume of theLast Policemantrilogy There are just 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 US Justice Department Hanks days of solving crimes are overuntil a woman from his past begs for help finding her missing husbandBrett Cavatone disappeared without a tracemdashan easy feat in a world with no phones no cars and no way to tell whether someonersquos gone ldquobucket listrdquo or justgone 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 ldquoimpact zonerdquo refugeesCountdown Citypresents another fascinating mystery set on brink of an apocalypse--and once again Hank Palace confronts questions way beyond whodunitWhat do we as human beings owe to one another And what does it mean to be civilized when civilization is collapsing all around you.