Burn

I have read everything prior to this and very much enjoyed reading his work. Whilst the core is still very much Peter Heller, the style of writing he adopted here is not and the narrative was not up to what I expected from him.

Could not keep the book down! Would love to have the story keep going.

A great read that keeps you on your toes wondering what next, but was hoping for a little more in the final chapter.

What happened with the civil war? The next book? Scary book considering our current political situation.

Two best friends are in the deep woods of Maine for their annual hunting trip when they come across a town that’s been completely obliterated. Every building has been incinerated and all the humans dead wherever they’ve fallen or ashes from the fires. As they try to figure out what’s happening they travel through the dense camouflage of the forest and continue to witness more devastation cars left empty, houses with doors open if standing at all and the obvious signs that a dangerous situation and battle had ensued. They walked far through Maine and it was all the same until they reach one small town. Quite quaint where they are being shot at. They manage to escape that ambush by killing the handful of ppl who were trying tj kill then and they hear a scream from a kayaking woman and sees military helicopter pursue her and promptly incinerate her with thejr weapon that’s clearly meant to obliterate its targets. Strangely every single boat is in their pier not one has any damage to them and as they wash up one of them see a pregnant woman about 8 months trying her best to out paddle the helicopter who also shoots her to dust. Another has committed suicide by weighted herself down with rocks and drowning. Having no radio info or even a human that’s not out to shoot them dead can tell them wrf is happening. Soon they find a radio and learn the American president has been assassinated and VP has citied nearly all towns especially those left leaning ones are allowing refugees and to shelter there. A lot of rags and division they hear from an old transistor radio that Maine has been obliterated and that NEW HAMPSHIRE is also staying while they wait out the the 2000 troops American in charged bave pulled out their favorite toys- military men weapons and toys to harm innocent. You won’t believe the end

Ok read. Poor ending

Couldn’t get past the feeling that the main character, Jess, was a teenage boy’s fantasy character…athlete, poet, seduced by his friend’s mom, affair with a hot foreign girl, spends half of every year of his adult life hunting and ignoring a wife that was so in love with him.

Forced myself to finish this one. Two men on a hunting trip, Armageddon happens, they save a young girl, they rehash their adolescence. Definitely not his best

is there going to be a second book? Im still trying to write my own ending which is left up to the reader

It appears that this is half of the story. Why sell one book if you can sell two. If there is a second one I won’t read it.

That's the ending? Sigh.