The Last by Hanna Jameson
"It's the end of the world. Everyone needs a hobby, right?" Reading this as part of the blind date program at the local public library. I try hard to decipher whether the first line of the book which is printed on a red heart on the brown paper cover of the book might be a romance. Yech. Can't do that, even for Valentine's Day. This time I succeeded wildly. While the protagonist might be said to be in love with his estranged wife, this is absolutely a post apocolytic tale. No zombies. Nuclear end of the word. But, there is still at least a hint of cannibalism. Normally, I try to avoid nuclear holocast stories having been scarred in middle school reading "On the Beach". I still cannot touch those memories/images without shuddering. This story, however, was much more upbeat. Everyone isn't OBVIOUSLY going to be dying soon - slowly - painfully. At the end there is still wi- fi. And, the characters - about 20 individuals holed up in