Year One

By Nora Roberts

Book Overview

#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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250122953
• ISBN13: 9781250122957
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

I couldn’t put this book down. I loved this trilogy.

Predictable

I expected so much more than end of the world fantasy story. Predictable and immature.

Excellent book

This is an excellent book.

Great read.

This book is the beginning of a new series of a great story written by my very favorite author Nora Roberts. She has an uncanny way of spinning unnatural with fantasy that makes you believe it could happen. I highly recommend you read this book.

Avoided dystopian novel cliches

This was my first ever Nora Roberts book, and I was not disappointed! At this point I have pretty much tired of traditional dystopian stories, but the biological/infectious basis of this story drew me in and I enjoyed it so much as someone who loves medicine and science. I enjoyed the perspectives given from different characters, and although I found Lana annoying at first (I identified way more with Arlys) I found her character development to be quite impressive over the course of the story. Descriptions were vivid and I had great pictures of what was happening in my mind! I actually cried at one point in the story too, so I would say I am a fan of Nora Roberts' writing style. I am looking forward to the sequel!