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Luckily I had this book available after reading the first one so it flowed nicely from the first book to this sequel. ( )

The Divide is the conclusion to The Alliance series. The world is effectively sent back in time by an EMP attack. In the first book, The Alliance, the magnetic pulses destroy all technology, anything that uses computer chips such as newer vehicles, phones, watches....all gone in mere seconds. Leora Ebersole lives in an Old Order Mennonite Community. The community is forced to align with Englishers stranded by the destruction of technology. Modern society starts to fall apart once food begins to run short. Treachery, violence and panic ensue. The Mennonites are pacifists so they flee to the mountains to escape the danger, at least for awhile. In The Divide, the story reaches its climax. A dangerous group calling itself ARC is killing survivors and taking others to forced work camps. Leora kills one of their scouts. Now ARC is hunting for their community hidden in the mountains. Can the community, and the survivors who have helped them along the way, survive?

I enjoyed this series. Modern life has accustomed most people to being able to go to the grocery store and buy food. We all have at most a couple weeks worth of perishables and canned goods in our homes. What would happen if suddenly we couldn't just go buy food? There is a saying that society is 9 missed meals away from anarchy. Imagine that would happen if all modern conveniences were suddenly gone.....along with ready fuel supplies, food, most transportation and medical care. It wouldn't take long for things to degenerate into madness. The Mennonites usually keep their communities separate from others, but in this emergency they have to learn to work with others and they have to protect themselves. It makes for a wonderful story.

Both The Alliance and The Divide are well-written, engaging stories and the characters are believable.

Jolina Petersheim is also the author of The Midwife and The Outcast. ( )

The completion of an outstanding look at the possible realities of a global apocalypse held me captive until the last sentence. The Old Order Mennonite community stands to loose everything even their faith at times. Others continue to defend anything they own from marauders. This penetrating novel illustrates what could happen to our world when all the ordinary modern conveniences are stripped away. Who will survive? What will people sacrifice in order to stay alive? Inner hearts are revealed in actions never taken before.
I highly recommend The Divide by Jolina Petersheim.
I received a copy from NetGalley. All thoughts are my own. I was not compensated for this review. ( )

This is the conclusion to the story that began in The Alliance. This was a story that I had to discover it's conclusion. I loved the conclusion. This book has good characters and bad characters. It shows what humanity might be like if a disaster happens that destroys many things that humans have become used to. Read both books and enjoy. These really cause one to think. I loved Leora and Moses. They learn many lessons. I received a copy of this book through Tyndale Blog Network for a fair and honest opinion that I gave of my own free will. ( )