The Dog Stars (Vintage Contemporaries)

Author: Peter Heller
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From the author of The River: In this "end-of-the-world novel more like a rapturous beginning" (San Francisco Chronicle), Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. His gripping story is "an ode to friendship between two men...the strong bond between a human and a dog, and a reminder of what is worth living for" (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). 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.

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Shawn Berry • May 10
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Sometimes as a book reviewer, your eyes get a little bigger than your metaphorical book-digesting stomach, and you sign yourself up for an unwieldy amount of ARCs. Sometimes that person is me. I have signed up to read too many books. ALAS! I will prevail, but it does mean that my reading schedule for the next six months or so is fairly set.

Some books I would love to get to sometime soon, and some that I will definitely get to before the end of the year:

• Speaking Bones by Ken Liu: I have been slowly making my way through the Dandelion Dynasty for the past four years or so, and frankly, the only reason I haven't finished it yet is because I don't want it to end. I maintain that Ken Liu is operating at a level so much higher than other authors.
• Children of Dune by Frank Herbert: In an effort to get up to speed before Denis Villeneuve's Dune Part 3 comes out later this year.
• The Dog Stars by Peter Heller: I know almost nothing about this book, BUT...

There are MANY more books I would love to get into sometime soon, but these ARCs are standing in the way (for now).

• A Compliment of Scoundrels by S.V. Lockwood
• Buzzard by Inez Ray
• Tales from the Territory by Travis Baldree
• As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers

I am also trying like hell to get my hands on the new Ken Liu short story collection, The Passing of the Dragon, as well as book three in the Shadow of the Leviathan series, A Trade of Blood.

Anywho, what are you all reading? What catches your eye on the upcoming release schedule? Let me know.