The Last Mile — Jeff Somers

A crashing hover, a team of people he can't trust, another group of people who want him dead -- a typical post-apocalyptic day for Avery Cates. Recovering from disaster, Cates finds himself marooned on a tiny island. Cochtopa is no closer, but ere's hope in the form of the brilliant Ezekial Marko, techie extraordinaire. If Cates can hold everything together long enough -- and survive.Part Two of what will be the concluding novel in the trilogy begun with The Shattered Gears and continued with The Burning City.