While King is an obvious lodestone for contemporary horror, Lebbon shares his talent for jolting the reader with shockingly vivid bursts of violence and transporting them inside the splintering psyche of a killer. "Lebbon's prose sizzles on the page in this tale of extreme weather, revenge, and the longing for redemption. As the storms she conjures become more violent and deadly, some follow her seeking hope. But Jesse and Karina are not the only ones looking for Ash.
Terrified of what she might bring down upon the desperate communities of the Desert, they set out to find her. His attempt went tragically wrong, and he believes himself responsible for her death.īut now his estranged wife Karina brings news that Ash is still alive. When his daughter Ash inherited this tainted gift, Jesse did his best to stop her. Once, he too made rain, but he stopped when his abilities caused fatalities, bringing down not just rain but scorpions, strange snakes and spiders. Jesse lives alone, far from civilization.
A young woman sets out across this dry, hostile landscape, gradually building an arcane apparatus she believes will bring rain to the parched earth. With global warming out of control, large swathes of North America have been struck by famine and drought and are now known as the Desert. This action-packed and thought-provoking eco-nightmare will appeal to fans of Benjamin Percy, Christopher Golden and Josh Malerman. A gripping, terrifying road trip through the heat of the post-apocalyptic American desert from the author of Netflix’s The Silence.
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