Cortez, on the other hand, is quite loony, and Berkrot gives his dialogue a gleeful enthusiasm that's more chilling than comforting. Reader Berkrot's raspy rendition of Hank's voice indicates he's young, not terribly self-confident, but ultra-dedicated and maybe a little bit unhinged as who wouldn't be. Hank is searching for his beloved sister, Nico, who was last seen keeping company with heavily armed true believers who are eager to kill anyone trying to stop them from what they perceive as an Earth-saving mission. The novel's protagonist, novice police detective Hank Palace his limping dog, Houdini and a homicidal sidekick named Cortez are on a journey across the country from a deserted police station in Concord, N.H., to the dusty and dangerous rubble of a small town in Ohio. At the start of Edgar Award winner Winters's third and final visit to a doomed America, the galaxy shelf-life of the world is down to only 14 days, thanks to the unavoidable arrival of a giant asteroid.
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