William Forstchen’s ‘Five Years After’ concludes post-apocalyptic saga

Mountain Express ^ | 08/16/23 | William Forstchen

[srmanuel]

I've read all of William Forstchen's books, the first book of this series "One Second After" was a classic in my opinion, especially if you like the end of the world, apocalypse genre.

His latest book is titled "Five Years After".

I finished the book a couple of days, I don't want to give away any spoilers for anyone who hasn't read the book, I would say the book is worth the time and money, especially if you liked the other book in the series. The term DEEP STATE is certainly prevalent in this book.

Those of you who have read the book, without giving away any spoilers, what did you think about the ending of the book.

IMO, the ending came about quickly and was not what I was expecting, in retrospect I think that was the only option available.

[GOPJ]

I enjoyed “One Second After” ...

Thanks for posting.

[Mustard]

Read the first two and have this one on hold at the library. I enjoyed them so far.

[alexander_busek]

I finished the book a couple of days, I don't want to give away any spoilers for anyone who hasn't read the book,

SPOILER ALERT!!! SPOILER ALERT!!! SPOILER ALERT!!! SPOILER ALERT!!!

OK, the coast is now clear: Spoil away!

Regards,

[metmom]

qI have enjoyed the series although partof the third book I thought wastedious.

I will have to look into getting the last one.

[GOPJ]

Sometimes Publishers want a certain number of pages - and the author has to go back and insert filler. It’s a horrible idea for the reader.

[HonkyTonkMan]

I enjoyed one-second after. I wonder if these series is becoming formulaic, though.

[metmom]

I can understand that, but he could have filled in with better material. For one thing, he dropped that character, whose name escapes me, who was the computer genius in mid story and never mentioned him again.

[GOPJ]

I had a friend years ago who wrote for two major publishing houses... she had a great technique. We would all sit around while she described a character and we had stacks of old magazines. We’d turn through the pages to come up with the person we thought would ‘look like’ the person she had outlined. Then she’s take the choosen picture and put it on a cork-board. Then rinse and repete. That way when she mentioned on page 30 the eye color of a character - she had already mentioned she didn’t have to spend an hour flipping through pages to use the right color on page 155. Same with a character who ‘gets lost’... as you point out - you see his face on the cork board - along with his eye color etc. and think ‘what happened to him’... When writers are young they can get away with doing things by memory - not so much when they get old.