1/31/23; 352 pages
Random House
The Drift by C. J. Tudor is a highly recommended post apocalyptic thriller told through three storylines. The setting is
during a world wide plague. The survivors in the novel are all in
the midst of a raging snow storm while heading to or at the
Retreat, a mountain top medical facility where survivors can
assist in working on a cure or hiding from the Whistlers.
Hannah, a medical student, is trapped with a handful of survivors in a coach/bus
that has crashed off the road. Meg, a former police officer, is trapped along with others in
a cable car stranded high above the ground of the mountainside.
Carter in in the ski chalet known as the Retreat where the
generator has issues and he doesn't trust anyone who is there with
him. The identities, secrets, and problems surrounding these individuals are
all part of a larger puzzle. It is a sort of locked room mystery with three different rooms in a much larger maze.
The narrative switches between the three different
settings/storylines. Along with the struggle for survival among the
three groups, the impending sense of fear and doom is found in the harsh
weather conditions, the deadly virus that some may be infected with,
and the feeling of wariness and mistrust as it becomes increasingly
clear that someone may not want them to survive. The Drift is
certainly a post apocalyptic thriller, but it is also a mystery because
you don't know the full picture of what is happening.
The dialogue between characters is great and the action and intrigue in the three storylines is compelling as the tension and pressure increases in the three situations. There are a lot of characters to keep track of among the three groups of people, which was a draw-back and slowed down my reading in the beginning while I was trying to keep everyone straight. The denouement surprised me.
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