The Second Sleep
Robert Harris
(with spoilers)
Sorry, but this was a major disappointment. I really liked” conclave”, which I have read twice and would happily read again, but this take on post-apocalytipic fiction falls flat.
The basic conceit is that 500 years after some unspecified fall of civilization life has returned and is exactly like that of medieval England. Everything is just like it was in the middle Ages with all the same religious structures and attitudes and everything about today’s world has been forgotten - oh, apart from this one old guy who can even tell you how heated windscreens work.
It does build well to a climax, albeit with a very convenient land slide that neatly separates our protagonists from the bad guys but the big reveal is left to your imagination. Got a genuine “WTF” from me when I turned the last page.
Cannot recommend.