Pages
336
Year
2010
Language
English

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A new age has begun on Earth. Oil is no longer a resource. Some parts of America are nuclear wastelands. Civilization has devolved into a constant struggle for food, water, and shelter.

In the tiny hamlet of Union Grove, New York, the US government is little more than a rumor. Wars are being fought over dwindling resources and illness is a constant presence. Bandits roam the countryside, preying on the weak and a sinister cult threatens the town's fragile stability. It is up to every citizen of Union Grove to decide what they are willing to fight for, kill for, and die for...

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"...suspenseful, darkly amusing story with touches of the fantastic in the mode of Washington Irving…"
Booklist
"Larry McMurty's Lonesome Dove, set in the dystopian world of The Road."
New York Journal of Books
"Kunstler's postapocalyptic world is neither a merciless nightmare nor a starry-eyed return to some pastoral faux utopia; it's a hard existence dotted with adventure, revenge, mysticism, and those same human emotions that existed before the power went out."
Publishers Weekly

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