Paradise City

This is the second novel in the Big Empty series. Most of the world has been destroyed by a virus, and in the U.S. the government has become a virtual dictatorship with the military enforcing discipline and death the penalty for many crimes.

The center of the country has been evacuated with people moved to the east and west coasts. The area is referred to as the "big empty" since it is supposedly devoid of people, but it's not.

There are renegades, survivalists and an entire city, Novo Mundum, which is where the best and brightest supposedly gather to try to restart the human race under better guidelines.

A group of teenagers have come to the city and tried to establish a life there. As in the first novel, Diego spends most of his time trying to recover from his injury. Amber, a pregant girl, works in a greenhouse. Jonah has taken up engineering jobs. Irene is working as a doctor, and Michael and Keely go on a dangerous trip to gather supplies. Maggie is off somewhere on her own and not a factor in this volume.

Although Novo Mundum seems to be a paradise, bit by bit things become known to the group and before long they realize that paradise may not be all that it's cracked up to be. It may be just as dangerous if not even more dangerous than the outside world.

And not everyone will agree that something is going wrong in the city, either, breaking the group of teenagers apart.

A good addition to the series.

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