Publisher's Synopsis
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.