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Godisaslickgod.Templeknows.Sheknowsbecauseofallthecrackerjackmiraclesstilltobeseenonthisruinedglobe...Olderthanheryearsandcompletelyalone,Templeisjusttryingtoliveonedayatatimeinapost-apocalypticworld,wheretheundeadroamendlessly,andtheremnantofmankindwhohavesurvived,attimes,seemtoretainlittlehumanitythemselves.Thisistheworldshewasborninto.Templehasknownnothingelse.Herjourneytakeshertofar-flungplaces,topeoplestrugglingtomaintainsomesemblanceofcivilization–andtothosewhohavecreatedanewworldorderforthemselves.WhenshecomesacrossthehelplessMaury,sheattemptstosetonethingright,ifshecanjustgethimbacktohisfamilyinTexasthenmaybeitwillbringredemptionforsomeoftheterriblethingsshe'sdoneinherpast.BecauseTemplehashadtofighttosurvive,hasdonethingsthatshe'snotproudofand,alongtheroad,she’smadeenemies.Nowonevengefulmanisdeterminedthat,inaworldgonemad,killingheristheonethingthatmakessense…
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AldenBelllivesinNewYorkwithhiswife,theEdgar-award-winningnovelistMeganAbbott.Forthepastnineyears,hehastaughthighschoolEnglishatanUpperEastSideprepschool(amodernorthodoxco-educationalYeshiva).Since2002,hehasalsotaughtliteratureandculturalstudiescoursesasanadjunctprofessorattheNewSchool.PriortocomingtoNewYork,hegrewupintheheartofOrangeCounty:Anaheim,homeofDisneyland.HegraduatedfromBerkeleywithadegreeinEnglishandaminorincreativewriting,wherehisinstructorsincludedBharatiMukherjee,LeonardMichaelsandMaxineHongKingston.In2000,hereceivedhisMaster’sandPh.D.inEnglishatNewYorkUniversity,specializingintwentieth-centuryAmericanandBritishliterature.