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A riveting, powerful debut novel from an award-winning adventure writer: the story of a pilot surviving in a world filled with loss—and of what he is willing to risk to rediscover, against all odds, connection, love, and grace. Hig survived the flu that killed everyone he knows. His wife is... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Hig: Loner who has survived the mass destruction of humanity
- Jasper: Hig's dog.
- Bruce Bangley: Bruce Bangley - Hig's neighbor
- Bangley: A gun enthusiast whose hostile and warlike exterior almost completely masks his complexity and motivations.
- Melissa: Hig's wife
- Jed: Add a description of this character.
- Sykes: A teacher pre-apocalypse who held scholarship "power" over high school students
- Samuel
- Cima: Short for Cimarron. A survivor.
- Tomas: Character from before the event.
- Uncle Pete
- Gramps
- Dave Harner
- Trippa Sands: An actress
- Bo
- Pops: Cima's companion & "father on her father's side.
- Aaron
Quotes edit
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“Grief is an element. It has its own cycle like the carbon cycle, the nitrogen. It never diminishes, not ever. It passes in and out of everything.”
First Sentence edit
I keep the Beast running, I keep the 100 low lead on tap, I foresee attacks.
Table of Contents edit
Book One
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Book Two
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Book Three
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Themes & Symbolism edit
Series & Lists edit
This book is in 2012 Published Books. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Peter Heller (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: United States
Publication Date: August 7, 2012
ISBN: 0307959945
Page Count: 336
Publisher: Knopf
Country: United States
Publication Date: August 7, 2012
ISBN: 0307959945
Page Count: 336
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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