Disappearance Without Warning, Book 1, (Paperback)

from mniday

What would happen if 99 percent of the United States population is suddenly destroyed? How would the rest of the world react to such a catastrophe? The year is 2003 and the United States military is preparing to invade Baghdad. The world is preparing for war. Before that war can begin, a mysterio...

from buffalogr

I like John Birmingham's work--crazy Aussie. It's exciting. While this book postulates the end of 98% of the USA by a strange thing, the idea is well developed and the author offers several political, social, legal and economic vignettes that could result from massive loss like that. I found the ...

from damcg63

Disturbing and thought-provoking, I did not expect to think about this book as much as I have. It is a very interesting read - what would happen to the planet if the United States effectively ceased to exist one day in 2003? If only Hawaii, Alaska, a shaving of Washington State and, say, Gitmo we...

from cweller

When an energy wave wipes out most of the United States leaving only parts of Washington state, Alaska and Hawaii on the eve of the second Gulf War, the world is thrown into chaos as the global economy crashes and chaos reigns. John Birmingham describes this catastrophe with gritty realism. The s...

from JESBos

This is based on the Early Review copy I received. I thought Birmingham is asking for too much suspension of disbelief in this one. As noted in other reviews "The Wave" is just implausible. Similarly, the reactions of many of the characters to their new found positions of authority is also unbeli...