A review by bibliotequeish
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

4.0

Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.  
- Revelation 18:10

Alas Babylon, tells the story of the War that could have happened. 

Warned of the coming bombs by his military office brother, Randy Bragg prepares for and lives through the end of the world. 

With the breakdown of law and order Randy Bragg and his community of survivors navigate through the side of distopian novels we rarely see.
The beginning ... the fall. 

It's the birth of Panem in Hunger Games. 
A pre-faction Chicago in Divergent. 
Before the first camera was installed in 1984.

The ending for me was a little lacking, I would have preferred an ending with a little more mystery.