Dog Stars TP

Hig's wife is gone, his friends are dead, and he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, Jasper, and a mercurial, gun-toting misanthrope named Bangley.

But when a random transmission beams through the radio of his 1956 Cessna, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life exists outside their tightly controlled perimeter. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return and follows its static-broken trail, only to find something that is both better and worse than anything he could ever hope for.

"Extraordinary. . . . One of those books that makes you happy for literature." --Junot Díaz, The Wall Street Journal

"This end-of-the-world novel [is] more like a rapturous beginning. . . . Remarkable." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"For all those who thought Cormac McCarthy's The Road the last word on the post-apocalyptic world--think again. . . . Make time and space for this savage, tender, brilliant book." --Glen Duncan, author of The Last Werewolf

"Heart-wrenching and richly written. . . . The Dog Stars is a love story, but not just in the typical sense. It's an ode to friendship between two men, a story of the strong bond between a human and a dog, and a reminder of what is worth living for." -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"A dreamy, postapocalyptic love letter to things of beauty, big and small." -Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl

"Heartbreaking" -- The Seattle Times

"A brilliant success." -- The New Yorker

"Beautifully written and morally challenging" - The Atlantic Monthly

"A book that rests easily on shelves with Dean Koontz, Jack London or Hemingway." -- The Missourian

"Dark, poetic, and funny." --Jennifer Reese, NPR