Year One

Year One has been on my radar for awhile, I have read more serious stories about disease ravishing civilization but never one by a well known author or one that killed off so many people. The story switches between many points of view and I did have problems keeping up with genders and who was who at times. It does seems that Lana is the main character though.

Lana is a sous chef and loves her job. She cannot believe it when the news starts reporting about the Doom and how it is killing people with no cute. The Doom is mutating as fast as the remaining people can study it. Worried for their safety due to people ravishing New York city Lana and her significant other Max decide to get out of the city while they still can.

I had several problems with Year One beyond the aforementioned. The tone of the overall story could not seem to decide what it was doing, it started out in a foreign country with someone seeming to have a cold. Going on a plane and spreading the cold. Getting home and going to bed next thing they are in the hospital and a bit later deceased. It never really goes into the Doom or scientists studying it. Instead people just run from it and the world falls apart as the story jumps to people suddenly doing magik. I am not sure if the Doom woke this up in people or if people could already do this. Despite the downfalls I do wish to read Of Blood and Bone and am already on the library's waiting list.