I love books that keep me up at night. I'm constantly trying to get into a good, healthy bedtime routineābut I am also constantly sabotaging that effort by finding books that I simply canāt put down. The feeling of being drawn so deep into a story that the hours slip away is easily one of my favorite feelings in the world. I also love books that make me wake up in the middle of the night, books that slide into my brain and plant new ideas there. As an author, I am always striving to write those books. I can think of no higher compliment than āI stayed up all night reading it.ā
This book delivers truly striking insight into the nature of fear, the cost of survival, and cycles of violence. Dawsonās writing shines here, grounded and visceral, and deeply honest. Between the propulsive and tense plot, the exquisitely rendered characters, and the unflinching examination of the world we live in, this one kept me up late and woke me up early.
How far would you go to be free? Three generations of women forge a new path through an America torn by a mysterious wave ofĀ violenceĀ in this āchilling [and] dizzyingly effectiveā (The New York Times Book Review) novel of revenge, liberation, and triumph.
āA compulsively readable fusion of domestic thriller and modern horror.āāKameron Hurley, author of The Light Brigade
āA novel that defines this era.āāStephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians
They call itĀ TheĀ Violence: a strange epidemic that causesĀ theĀ infected to experience sudden bursts of animalistic rage, with no provocationā¦
