I hope it's ok to share other books here. This one was very good.

American War” follows Sarat Chestnut and her family as they try to find safety in a late 21st century America. Sarat, born in the remnants of Louisiana, is six when the Second American War breaks out. The war is fought over the prohibition of oil, with many southern states seceding to form The Free Southern State.

It's very complex and well thought out I think anyway. It ties in climate change, oil, drones, refugee camps. I have a lot of thoughts on it but I'm not sure how to express them all.

Not sure if this is another uncanny Robert prediction or he knew about this, but watch episode 4 of Shiny Happy People to see the Joshua Generation which is a literal scene from ATR. A strike force army of God that’s handpicked white young men to infiltrate all levels of authority. It’s WILD.

To be clear, I’m not as much shocked this is real as just how accurate the Heavenly Kingdom is 😂

Saw this and it made me think how ridiculous the early days of the collapse will seem before the hangers-on get weeded out and the (healthy) lunatics take over 😅

https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/fundamentalist-christian-movement-1.6793677

These are the folks in Canada working to move us into a Christocracy. Fun times.

Maybe showing Rolands origins? Or Red John? Or maybe how the whole thing started with a neo-Dischordian prank spun horribly wrong?

The more I see about it the more I relate it to ATR

Hi y'all, long time lurker, first time poster.

I loved AtR and have been listening to the online talks Robert & Margaret did for the book tour. Robert brings up several times that the sequel is going to visit the Kingdom of Albuquerque and the rest of the Southwest. I'm super glad about that because it's an ideal place for climate fiction and several other reasons.

The Rio Grande begins north of Albuquerque- looking at a map, that's in the very bottom-left corner of Colorado. It heads down from there and straight to Albuquerque: whoever controls the city (with a bit of engineering know-how) can have a stranglehold on a lot of downstream Texas' water access to the river.

Albuquerque has a very large ridge on the east side of the city, with the major east-west Interstate 40 cutting through a pass in said heights. This reminds me heavily of Sarajevo and the famous siege of the city in the 90's. Sarajevo is situated in a mountainous valley, and Serb artillery and snipers on the heights kept the city in a stranglehold for 1,425 days. If a commander approached from the east (from, say, Texas) and played their cards right, Albuquerque could become an American Sarajevo. It also hosts a military base & airport in the SE of the city.

New Mexico is a cultural mixing pot. It's close to the Navajo Nation, many smaller Native American reservations, still has some residents that identify as Spanish (the Hispano people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanos_of_New_Mexico), folks from all over Latin America, and a smattering of Anglos. Lots of characters to draw from.

Robert's already taken a neat view of the Southwest, seeing its future as one of what seem to be smaller states like the Kingdom of Albuquerque. Looking forward to see what the others are and if we get to see an independent Navajo Nation!

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In my free time I wrote out a 2nd American Civil War scenario after reading AtR, a short US civil war that ends in an internationally enforced national divorce/Balkanization. A reason I wrote out this post was that I got SUPER EXCITED to see Robert had been thinking about New Mexico too. I can't wait to see what he's done with the area!
I have written a short story (3,000ish words) set right before the peace that formalizes the National Divorce about what I see as a very likely Water War in any US balkanization scenario; 2nd Rep of Texas (Petro-State oligarchy LARPing as a Republic) vs. Republic of California (Federation of Pacific & Southwestern States in a trenchcoat). Both sides want to control the Rio Grande Watershed so they can use the water for agriculture.

The story focuses on a fictional Archbishop caught in the Siege of Albuquerque. He's on his own side, and is trying to lead his civilians through the siege. Texas holds the city, California the heights after the Texans lost a battle near Santa Fe. He cares not what side he's on as long as he can take care of the people he's responsible for.

https://drive.proton.me/urls/DQGWBBDRSW#8P5cm9HCnLBc

A bit about the author: I love Dorothy Day's views, the Catholic Worker movement, things close to Christian Anarchism. Tolstoy, etc. Personalism & Mutual Aid are what I'm about. I am a Catholic and this short story is an attempt at optimism and how mutual aid can work in a similar universe to After the Revolution. Enjoy!

Mods, if the second part is too off topic, I will gladly delete it. I hope you enjoyed reading this, God bless!