The Land Av Thomas Maltman

<b>A story of violence at the heart of a pastoral landscape, from the author of Indie Next pick and All Iowa Reads selection <i>Little Wolves</i></b><br><b></b><br>Recovering from a terrible auto accident just before the turn of the millennium, college dropout and hobbyist computer-game programmer Lucien Swenson becomes the caretaker of a house in northern Minnesota. Shortly after moving in, Lucien sets out to find a woman with whom he had an affair, who vanished along with money stolen from the bank where they had worked together. <br><br> His search will take him to Rose of Sharon, a white supremacist church deep in the wilderness, where a cabal of outcasts awaits the end of the world at a place they call The Land. Lucien is visited at the house by a mysterious guest, who may not be who she claims, as well as a vast flock of violent ravens out of an apocalyptic vision. At once a mystery and spiritual noir, <i>The Land </i>explores the dark side of belief, entrenched white supremacy i