The first novel was pretty cataclysmic, but this novel makes it clear it was more apocalyptic. Towns and cities deserted, whole stretches of the countryside empty, humans in "work camps". As if this wasn't dark enough, the villain in this piece makes it darker - wiping out humans, modified and freeborn... pretty much anyone who wasn't the villain.

Most of the characters who lived through the first novel make an appearance. Mechanically, the book is in three sections, each detailing one major group. The third part (Cormac Wallace) was the most interesting to me, and brings the book to it's conclusion.

I didn't feel there was quite enough intro to the characters for this book to stand on it's own. The ending leaves things up in the air completely with regards to the humans, less so for the villains. I'll definitely read the third book, when the author gets around to writing it.