The bleak premise of this series could be too much, but, instead, it gives a certain clarity to the action of people who become their most real selves when the end of the world arrives. McClatchy It is impossible not to love Hank and his need to try to do the right thing all the time. Indianapolis Business Journal Winters has done an excellent job. Cape Cod Times World of Trouble demonstrates a greater confidence in the storytelling, richer supporting characters, and an ending that I wanted to both race toward and hold off as long as possible. The Cleveland Plain Dealer When the trilogy races toward the end (in more than one way), you find yourself with a spark of hope for the human race, even in just spirit and soul. Paste That Winters can paint for us a world that is so bared-boned, raw and honest is why this is one of the best books of the year so far. Club Winters' World of Trouble is more than a shining example of how to write about the apocalypse-it's one of the most well-written mysteries of any era.World of Trouble is a book you don't want to miss. Palace is a brilliant creation, the perfect hero for our eschatological age. William O'Connor, The Daily Beast World of Trouble is a page turner, a book that is riveting and humane, suspenseful rather than frenetic, and moving rather than depressing and the key to it all is our guide trough this crumbling world. Sci Fi Magazine Winters' style is a slow burn.His cadence is a steady beat rather than a roller coaster, and his words sparing and simple. San Francisco Chronicle Winters, a major talent, gives us the best realized world on the verge of annihilation that this reviewer has seen since Cormac McCarthy. San Francisco Chronicle In this remarkable series, Winters creates a melancholy hybrid of crime and science fiction, managing to subvert the expectations of both genres.

Stubborn, earnest, self-deprecating and decent, his protagonist, Hank Palace, is a brilliantly realized character you want to follow to the very end-and beyond.

World of trouble by ben h winters