Another pick-up from J.W. Welch dollar cart and while I can't say that this book is a winner, I did enjoy reading it for the most part. It's rare that I say this, but I found it actually too short for the subject matter! It has the very intriguing premise of a snowstorm over the northeast U.S. that just doesn't stop. It's one of these multi-character political thrillers that interweaves the effects of the storm with the various storylines. The storm effects and the response to it are quite well done. The storylines were rote and simplistic (disgraced scientist, plucky female reporter, idealistic politician, evil military dude) but the actual explanation was pretty wacky and entertaining. As the storm worsens, it becomes more and more apparent that it is not natural. Is it the Soviets unleashing a secret attack or, worse, coming from our own side?!
It all gets wrapped up too quickly (although ultimately redeemed by the dark ending) for the scope and scale of the premise. Nevertheless it was a decent page-turner and a nice little time capsule of a book, intersecting disaster fiction and cold war politics. Also, it has a cool fold out cover where the publisher really tried hard.
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