So having read all 5 of the Nick Smith books and thoroughly enjoyed them, it was with trepidation that I bought the prequel "Hard Life". For me prequels tend to be a big disappointment (don't even talk to me about Phantom Menace!) I honestly thought this would be a book to far and was convinced I wouldn't enjoy it. How wrong was I, the author obviously has a real affection for Nick and you see it in his writing. Nick is well fleshed out following him from his early Army days right through to when we meet him in "New World". In fact you could easily read this book before New World as they flow seamlessly into each other.
Again I enjoyed the fact the flu pandemic happened and we read about its after affects instead of the pandemic itself, to many books go to great lengths about how every one dies then run out of ideas 2 weeks later. The Nick Smith books feel very real to me with how "normal" people would cope with loss.
So buy this and then buy the series you wont be disappointed.
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