Breakers begins by introducing us to two male characters that aren't doing so well: Raymond is out of work and struggling to keep himself and his wife, Mia, afloat in California while Walt is living with Vanessa who is waiting for the right time to leave him in New York. Just like Outlaw, Robertson alternates his chapters between following Raymond and following Walt.
The conflict begins when most everyone on the planet starts to get sick and die from some mysterious illness. Vanessa is one of the first characters to bite the dust. Walt goes into a depression and decides to go to California because Vanessa always wanted to go there. And since society is breaking down with all the death, he starts walking there.
Meanwhile Raymond and Mia hide in the abandoned home of a celebrity (after the conclusion of a subplot) and try to make the most of what they think is the post-apocalyptic world. But it seems it was the calm before the storm as the aliens show up. Apparently they engineered the virus to thin out the humans (those who didn't die are Breakers). The alien purpose isn't clear but they are trying to capture and/or kill the humans.
There are other characters in the novel but Walt, Raymond, and Mia are the only ones worth mentioning, in my opinion. And only one of them survives to the end (although one of them is whisked away by the aliens and the final fate is not actually seen).
I didn't like this book. It took me a long time to force myself through it. Although it wasn't as bad as some of the books I've read. I probably won't read the others but I may read the sequels to Outlaw.
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