My favorite quote so far is when a US covert operative named Caitlin explains what the event really means to her enviro-hippie friend who is somewhat glad that America has gone away:
"Why will the gas run out? Think of where it comes from, Monique. Think about what's going to happen there now that the evil global overlord is no longer around to oppress everyone into behaving themselves. Think about what's going to happen the to evil world financial system now that the planet's greatest debtor nation has winked out of existence and won't be meeting it's loan repayments to anyone. Think about what happens when you take the lid off Pandora's box and everything that we forgot about history comes spilling out to bite you in the behind. Do you know how unusual it is, in human history, for children to be able to grow up in a place like this?" She waved her hands around to take in the city of Paris. "Never knowing the fear of someone riding over the horizon to steal their family's crops and burn their hut to the ground? All as a prelude to snatching them up as slaves for the rest of their miserable lives? That's normality, baby. That's life as it has been lived by most of human beings throughout most of our history. That's what I've been fighting my entire adult life, variations on that theme. That's what America protected you from. And now she's gone. And you are all alone in the world. Except for me." (pp.141-142)The awesome - this book has it! If you like a seriously well-researched, geopolitical roller-coaster with a bit of alternate history thrown in, you'll like this book.
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