Burn: A novel

From the bestselling author of The Dog Stars and The Last Ranger, a novel about two menfriends since boyhoodwho emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian country racked by bewildering violenceEvery year, Jess and Storey have made an annual pilgrimage to the most remote corners of the country, where they camp, hunt, and hike, leaving much from their long friendship unspoken. Although the state of Maine has convulsed all summer with secession maniaa mania that has simultaneously spread across other statesJess and Storey figure its a fight reserved for legislators or, worstcase scenario, folks in the capital.But after weeks hunting off the grid, the men reach a small town and are shocked by what they find: a bridge blown apart, buildings burned to the ground, and bombedout cars abandoned on the road. Trying to make sense of the sudden destruction all around them, they set their sights on finding their way home, dragging a wagon across bumpy dirt roads, scavenging from boats left in lakes, and dodging armed mensecessionists or U.S. military, they cannot tellas they seek a path to safety. Then, a startling discovery drastically alters their path and the stakes of their escape.Drenched in the beauty of the natural world and attuned to the specific cadences of male friendship, even here at the edge of doom, Burn is both a blistering warning about a divided countrys political strife and an ode to the salvation found in our chosen families.