Publisher's Synopsis
Three friends struggle to survive in a derelict, gang-ruled Boston, while the government seems to be doing everything it can to crush them. A caterer working for the world's elite makes a simple mistake and pays the ultimate price. Sociopathic firefighters dominate a West Coast decimated by forest fires. A girl confronts the immense terrors of her backyard, not knowing how they will shape her future. A troubled veteran sculpts to retain his memories and goes to unbelievable lengths to ensure everyone else will too. See how Scale the Sycamore stitches these stories together with threads of poetry and action, death and survival, to present a ruthless reality that is bearing down upon us with undeniable speed.