We Burned So Bright

<p><b>‘Like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket’ – V. E. Schwab, author of <i>Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil</i>, on <i>The House in the Cerulean Sea</i></b></p><h2><b>The world is ending in thirty days.</b></h2><p><br>A wandering black hole is approaching Earth, and soon, everything will be gone. For husbands Don and Rodney, forty years of marriage suddenly feels like no time at all.<br></p><h2><b>One last road trip. One final chance to say goodbye.</b></h2><p><br>From the <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The House in the Cerulean Sea</i> comes a story about what we owe the people we love when time runs out. Don and Rodney are in a race against the clock, driving from Maine to Washington State to settle unfinished business before the sky breaks.<br></p><h2><b>Is it enough to burn bright, even if nothing remains of the ashes?</b></h2><p><br>Along the way, they encounter a world choosing how to spend its final moments—from impromptu weddings and bright bonfires to those simply sharing a final meal. Under a kaleidoscope sky and a cracked moon, Don and Rodney must look back on a lifetime of highs and lows and ask the ultimate question: was our best good enough?<br></p><h2><b>A bittersweet, life-affirming masterpiece about love, legacy, and the beauty of a life well-lived.</b></h2>