Six years after a pandemic has knocked out 70% of the world's population, life is starting to return to a sort-of normal. People have settled into Metro areas or hippie-esque Reclaimed areas, though there are looting gangs that still rove around the countryside. In San Francisco Metro, former pop star Moira is trying to shed her past identity, despite her estranged father's controlling attempts to track her down, while widower Rob is trying his best to raise his 7-year-old daughter Sunny, who thinks her mom is coming back. And then there's Krista, who, even before the pandemic, decided to move forward and never look back. But the reemergence of a flu strain like the one that caused the pandemic heightens anxieties, throwing these four into each others' lives in ways they never imagined.
Oof. This was a hard one to read right now, as COVID-19 cases keep rising in the U.S. I certainly wouldn't have read this if I didn't have to for a committee I'm on, especially because of how realistic all of the press releases and politicians' speeches are, despite the book being written and released BEFORE COVID-19 hit. (Really, the least realistic thing about the whole book is the president taking the disease seriously... and the fact that the president is a woman.) I can't recommend reading this one, at least not for several more years.
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