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The "extraordinary" debut novel (Newsweek) from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Independence Day tells the story of two godless pilgrims who converge on an uncharted island in the Mississippi. - "One of those books that hit you hard." --Houston Chronicle
Robard Hewes has driven across the country in the service of a destructive passion. Sam Newell is seeking the missing piece of himself. When these men come together, each discovers the thing he's looking for--amid a conflagration of violence that's as shocking as it is inevitable.
Review Quotes: "It's power is mysterious and unmistakable.... Extraordinary." --Newsweek
"This is one of those books that hit you hard...a story filled with breathing characters and genius-crafted dialogue between moments of consummate description.... I can't be unbiased. I'm mad for this book." --Houston Chronicle