Countdown City

In "Countdown City," Detective Hank Palace returns in the second installment of a speculative mystery trilogy set just 77 days before a deadly asteroid impacts Earth. As the Concord police force falls under the U.S. Justice Department's control, Hank finds himself searching for a missing man, Brett Cavatone, at the request of a woman from his past. Navigating a world stripped of modern comforts and battling societal collapse, Hank's investigation leads him through anarchistic landscapes and confronts deeper existential questions about humanity and civilization in crisis.