Year One

By Nora Roberts

Year One - Nora Roberts
  • Release Date: 2017-12-05
  • Genre: Paranormal Fantasy
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 3,123 Ratings

Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER (December 2017)

A stunning new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts—Year One is an epic of hope and horror, chaos and magick, and a journey that will unite a desperate group of people to fight the battle of their lives…

It began on New Year’s Eve.

The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed—and more than half of the world’s population was decimated.

Where there had been order, there was now chaos. And as the power of science and technology receded, magick rose up in its place. Some of it is good, like the witchcraft worked by Lana Bingham, practicing in the loft apartment she shares with her lover, Max. Some of it is unimaginably evil, and it can lurk anywhere, around a corner, in fetid tunnels beneath the river—or in the ones you know and love the most.

As word spreads that neither the immune nor the gifted are safe from the authorities who patrol the ravaged streets, and with nothing left to count on but each other, Lana and Max make their way out of a wrecked New York City. At the same time, other travelers are heading west too, into a new frontier. Chuck, a tech genius trying to hack his way through a world gone offline. Arlys, a journalist who has lost her audience but uses pen and paper to record the truth. Fred, her young colleague, possessed of burgeoning abilities and an optimism that seems out of place in this bleak landscape. And Rachel and Jonah, a resourceful doctor and a paramedic who fend off despair with their determination to keep a young mother and three infants in their care alive.

In a world of survivors where every stranger encountered could be either a savage or a savior, none of them knows exactly where they are heading, or why. But a purpose awaits them that will shape their lives and the lives of all those who remain.

The end has come. The beginning comes next.

Reviews

  • Wow, unbelievable

    5
    By cartwrtr
    I’m loving this new version of Nora Roberts. More substance and just different from her usual style. It’s a great shift. I’m proud of her for trying this genre, I’m sure it was a little scary.
  • Bad read. Disappointed

    1
    By Severma22
    Ick. Too something. maybe just scary. Can’t finish it. Read “The Handmaidens Tale.“ Another example of “please don’t ever let this happen “.
  • Loved it

    5
    By 279ly n
    So different
  • Year One

    5
    By PTFran
    Good reading.
  • Good first book

    2
    By JLO in Michigan
    The first book was great reading. Second book is Ok. I’m sorry I bought the third book.
  • Unique characters and story

    4
    By Sdzzzz
    Loved the plot and the main characters. Sometimes the lesser characters blended together and were not developed but overall an enjoyable book.
  • Eerily surreal

    5
    By Klatlalalaklaktla
    An amazing read. Be careful getting attached to characters because you have no idea what may happen next. Great page turner and can’t wait to read the rest of the series.
  • Year one

    5
    By Visa gvvfgcdvb
    Fun read couldn’t put it down.
  • So So

    3
    By SusieMac46
    Stephen King’s “The Stand” is far superior and essentially the same story. His is more suspenseful and far better written.
  • Year One

    1
    By RocketRon60
    Never read a Nora Roberts book before. Now I know why. If you enjoy your books at a 6th grade reading level then consider this a 5 star review.