
With the resulting 70% drop in the US population, the Family Stability Board ensures that the children who remain are raised by those who meet their criteria for “social normalcy,” and people are encouraged to prioritize stability over love when choosing a spouse. Post-Apocalyptic Stress Disorder (PASD) has become common, and nearly everyone lost someone-or more likely, several someones-to the global disease.

It’s mainly set in San Francisco in 2025, six years after a worldwide pandemic killed approximately five billion people.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.Ī Beginning at the End, Mike Chen’s second novel after his Goodreads Science Fiction Choice Award–nominated debut Here and Now and Then, is a post-apocalyptic tale about found family and starting over after the world didn’t exactly end, but rather paused and changed.
