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eBook review: the Renewal

Jason Weisberger at 8:19 am Thu, Jun 14, 2012

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The Renewal by JF Perkins is a post-apocalyptic tale of rebuilding American society. It is intentionally short and sets the stage for future installments. I was interested enough that I'll be reading the second.

China and the U.S. apparently let the nukes fly and absolutely nothing good comes of it; society has collapsed. 30-40 years later a young reclamation engineer is sent out on his first mission: survey some former housing with the idea of securing more arable land. He finds something else entirely.

The Renewal by JF Perkins

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  • waetherman

    This post reads not so much like a review as a summary; is it worth reading or not? is the plot plausible? engaging? are the characters compelling?

  • Jarrod Henry

    Is this available in a DRM free download/purchase somewhere?

  • http://stephan-zielinski.com/ Stephan Zielinski

    I have to admit I’m getting sick of books where the US and China nuke each other and afterwards it’s all jasmine and turkey chow fun.