The beginning starts with the terrorists, which is a little interesting, but slow. However, these are never revisited, so it seems like too much time was spent on them. Who they were and what they were feeling and thinking were essentially irrelevant to the story. Luckily, the main plot quickly developed.
One thing I found unlikely was the executive order banning the sale of fuel to citizens. This is so unlikely to happen that it was hard to pretend that it would. If the author had made a little effort to explain why the POTUS would do this, it may have been an easier ‘pill to swallow’ but without an explanation, it’s a head shaker.
The storyline takes place across a matter of days, which makes it difficult to believe that the country devolved to the level it did in such a short period of time. More time spent on weaving events into a longer time line and less on the terrorists at the beginning would have been time well spent for this author.
All that being said, I found the book enjoyable. I liked the concept of a daughter at collage and the steps that her dad took to make sure she was prepared. I like the author’s writing style (His “Borrowed World” series is very good) and the narrator is good, as well. Pierce (narrator) must like post-apocalypse fiction, as when I search for books he has done, there are a lot of that type. Which is great if you like that genre and narrator!