A review by juanintentothesix
Across Realtime by Vernor Vinge

4.0

I liked the Peace War and Marooned in Realtime, so it was an interesting thing to stumble across a book set in the same universe, but only tangentially related to either. This book takes place after the Peace War and described an America that is ungoverned, with local militias hired to protect the people. What happens when the government of New Mexico decides to invade the ungoverned lands of Kansas? Well, let's just say it doesn't go the way they expect.