Hard Winter - Neil Davies an interesting novella. the author certainly has descriptive prowess and the apocalyptic setting was striking & unusual (and an intriguing departure from the blasted heat of other post-apocalypse novels). the main drawback - and it is a very big one - is the brevity. i enjoyed this but it felt like a preface. hopefully some day it will indeed be a preface to a longer, richer novel - one that would no doubt earn more than 2 stars. it was over before it barely even began.