<b>“A genre-defying blend of crime writing and science fiction.”—Alexandra Alter, <i>The New York Times</i><br><br>Detective Hank Palace returns in the second in the speculative mystery trilogy set on the brink of the apocalypse.</b><br> <br>There are just 77 days before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Palace is out of a job. With the Concord police force operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, Hank''s days of solving crimes are over...until a woman from his past begs for help finding her missing husband.<br> <br>Brett Cavatone disappeared without a trace—an easy feat in a world with no phones, no cars, and no way to tell whether someone’s gone “bucket list” or just <i>gone</i>. With society falling to shambles, Hank pieces together what few clues he can, on a search that leads him from a college-campus-turned-anarchist-encampment to a crumbling coastal landscape where anti-immigrant militia f