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Dave Hutchinson’s previous novel, Europe in Autumn, showed just how tribal human beings are. We tend to only like people who look and think and speak like us. After a flu pandemic, Hutchinson’s Europe shattered into smaller and smaller territories, states, and polities. The economic and political instability of Europe led people to turn to their nearest and dearest and, in some cases, build literal walls around their communities. Europe in Autumn gave us a tour of the new Europe through the eyes of Rudi, a man who is hired by an organization to transport people, things, and information across the multitudinous borders. Believe it or not, the world gets even stranger in the sequel, Europe at Midnight...
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this ebook from NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.