Year One
- NYT bestseller · 5 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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About the book
"It began on New Year's Eve. The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed--and more than half of the world's population was decimated. Where there had been order, there was now chaos. And as the power of science and technology receded, magic rose up in its place. Some of it is good, like the witchcraft worked by Lana Bingham, practicing in the loft apartment she shares with her lover, Max. Some of it is unimaginably evil, and it can lurk anywhere, around a corner, in fetid tunnels beneath the river--or in the ones you know and love the most..."--
Reading order · Chronicles of The One
Full order & progress →- Year OneThis book
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 172 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 54% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 11 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 161 | 94% |
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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