Series
Aftermath (Charles Sheffield)
Charles Sheffield · 2 novels · 1998–1999
Charles Sheffield's Aftermath duology opens with a near-future Earth devastated by a nearby supernova's radiation, which knocks out electronics and forces survivors to rebuild without most modern technology. Starfire continues years later as a second, larger stellar threat approaches and humanity must recover enough capability to respond. Sheffield, a physicist by training, grounds both books in hard-science consequences of the disaster rather than treating it as mere backdrop.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Map
Aftermath (Charles Sheffield) at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1990s2
Shape
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.