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"e;[The] weird, beautiful, unapologetically apocalyptic Last Policeman trilogy is one of my favorite mystery series."e;John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper TownsWinner of the 2013 EdgarAward Winner for Best Paperback Original!What's the point in solving murders if we're all going to die soon, anyway? Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There's no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact. The Last Policeman presents a fascinating portrait of a pre-apocalyptic United States. The economy spirals downward while crops rot in the fields. Churches and synagogues are packed. People all over the world are walking off the jobbut not Hank Palace. He's investigating a death by hanging in a city that sees a dozen suicides every weekexcept this one feels suspicious, and Palace is the only cop who cares. The first in a trilogy, The Last Policeman offers a mystery set on the brink of an apocalypse. As Palace's investigation plays out under the shadow of 2011GV1, we're confronted by hard questions way beyond ';whodunit.' What basis does civilization rest upon? What is life worth? What would any of us do, what would we really do, if our days were numbered?Ebook contains an excerpt from the anticipated second book in the trilogy, Countdown City.

';A genre-defying blend of crime writing and science fiction.'Alexandra Alter,The New York TimesDetective Hank Palace returns in the second in the speculative mystery trilogy set on the brink of the apocalypse and winner of the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award.There are just 77 days before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Palace is out of a job. With the Concord police force operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, Hank's days of solving crimes are over...until a woman from his past begs for help finding her missing husband.Brett Cavatone disappeared without a tracean easy feat in a world with no phones, no cars, and no way to tell whether someone's gone ';bucket list' or just gone. With society falling to shambles, Hank pieces together what few clues he can, on a search that leads him from a college-campus-turned-anarchist-encampment to a crumbling coastal landscape where anti-immigrant militia fend off ';impact zone' refugees.Countdown City presents another fascinating mystery set on brink of an apocalypse--and once again, Hank Palace confronts questions way beyond "e;whodunit."e; What do we as human beings owe to one another? And what does it mean to be civilized when civilization is collapsing all around you?

';A genre-defying blend of crime writing and science fiction.'Alexandra Alter, The New York TimesNominated for the 2015 Edgar Award for Best Paperback OriginalCritically acclaimed author Ben H. Winters delivers this explosive final installment in the Edgar Award winning Last Policeman series.With the doomsday asteroid looming, Detective Hank Palace has found sanctuary in the woods of New England, secure in a well-stocked safe house with other onetime members of the Concord police force. But with time ticking away before the asteroid makes landfall, Hank's safety is only relative, and his only relativehis sister Nicoisn't safe. Soon, it's clear that there's more than one earth-shattering revelation on the horizon, and it's up to Hank to solve the puzzle before time runs out...for everyone.