Remnant is the final book in the Rick Drummond story line (Distance is the fourth book in the Deep Winter series, but covers another perspective & character) unlike the first two books, a good portion of this book involves military action as the stuttering remnants of the United States descends into civil war between the constitutionalists of the United States of America and the fascists of State of America.

The beginning of the book has the same style and pace as the earlier books, however once Drummond is drafted into the military things certainly seem to pick up in both pace and action. It's hard to say if this is better than the last book as the subject material is of a different nature (raw survival & community building versus civil war & descent into chaos) it is definitively as good though, and quite a riveting tale. In some ways it reminds me of William Johnstone's In The Ashes series in terms of the post-collapse fighting, but it's been a decade since I read those books so my recollection could be foggy.

At any rate, Remnant was a good cap to the Rick Drummond trilogy, although I did think the miraculous new technology used in the ending was a bit out of place considering the entire 732 pages painted the picture of a nation barely able to hold it together, let alone innovate an advanced new technology. ( )