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    Burn: A novel
    Burn: A novel
    Burn: A novel
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    Burn: A novel

    Written by Peter Heller

    Narrated by Mark Deakins

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    From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars and The Last Ranger, a novel about two men—friends since boyhood—who emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian country racked by bewildering violence

    Every 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 mania—a mania that has simultaneously spread across other states—Jess and Storey figure it’s a fight reserved for legislators or, worst-case 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 bombed-out 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 men—secessionists or U.S. military, they cannot tell—as 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 country’s political strife and an ode to the salvation found in our chosen families.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
    Release dateAug 13, 2024
    ISBN9780593907054
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    Peter Heller

    Peter Heller is an award-winning adventure writer and long-time contributor to NPR. He is a contributing editor at Outside magazine and National Geographic Adventure and the author of Hell or High Water: Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River. He lives in Denver, Colorado. He can be reached at PeterHeller.net.

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    • 4/5
      This was a very good story. Having some roots in Maine, the descriptions and such made me smile. But I’m sorry to say this book didn’t reach the level of hype surrounding its release. Hardly a dystopian nightmare either (see: Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road). But it was a good way to spend some time,
    • 4/5
      I love his writing and the descriptions of the natural beauty in US. This is not a happy book and like his most recent books he seems fed up with people. However, the guys in this book are interesting. My usual complaint of no epilogue and the book just leaves you in what feels like the middle of a story
    • 4/5
      I love Peter Heller's books for many reasons but probably my top reason is, the way he crafts his words particularly when it comes to nature. This may be one of his first books that doesn't include the natural world as a striking element. And I still loved it!

      Two lifelong friends. on their annual hunting trip, in Maine come out of the backwoods to refuel only to find the urban world is, for all intents and purposes, gone. The small town has been burned to the ground. No one to be found. No cell signal. Nothing. Except for one significant thing, which I did think was really weird, but somewhat necessary to help the book flow as they make their way through Maine from town to town searching for answers. At this point, I'll let you enjoy the rest for yourselves.

      This book does touch on a couple of political issues but I felt it was done from an amazingly unbiased position where nobody is right. But it does make one think of unforeseen consequences. But stick around for the depth in which these two men's characters go and the relationship between them.

      Many, many thanks to NetGalley and Knopf books for providing me with an advanced electronic copy in exchange for my honest opinion.