My best friend recommended this book a year ago, and I finally got around to reading it. Actually, I listened to the first part of it, then read the rest. It is written in a way that is a little hard to follow: choppy, stream of consciousness sentence fragments throughout and no clear "he said she said" dialogue. Listening to the first part made it easier to follow since the person narrating it distinguished separate voices for the characters.
The book is set sometime in the future, 9 years after the flu and blood disease began to ravage humankind. Most everyone that's left is sick. Not Hig and Bangley. They've set up a camp near the mountains in Colorado. They have secured the perimeter. Hig flies his Cessna and patrols. Bangley mans the watchtower and is a good shot. A really good shot. Hig has a more sensitive side. He won't shoot unless it's absolutely necessary. Hig's wife was taken by the disease but not his faithful canine companion named Jasper. Dog really is Hig's copilot.
One day while Hig is out patrolling well outside the perimeter, he gets a communication from an airport. It sticks in his mind for years. Someone else might be out there that's still untouched. He has to find out. So he goes. Then the story really begins. And it's worth the confusing dialogue to read.
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