Benjamin Percy is the author of the novels Red Moon and The Wilding, and two short story collections, Refresh, Refresh and The Language of Elk. His writing has appeared in Esquire, GQ, Time, Tin House, and elsewhere. His honors include the Pushcart Prize, an NEA grant, the Plimpton Prize for Fiction, and a Whiting Award. Raised in the high desert of central Oregon, he lives in Minnesota.
"THE DEAD LANDS is a bomb-blast of a novel, casting its tremors in
every direction. Benjamin Percy's range grows broader with every
book he writes. Here he takes a journey across a cataclysmic future
American West, sending his band of seekers, scholars, assassins,
and explorers through a landscape as dangerous and surreal as it
must have seemed to the original Lewis and Clark. Their adventure,
like the novel itself, travels far past the frontier, into the
deepest and most thrilling of wildernesses."--Kevin Brockmeier,
author of The Brief History of the Dead
"The Dead Lands is a gripping and inventive adventure about the
resilience of the human species. Benjamin Percy may conjure a
future that's brutal and dark, but it's not without bravery,
compassion, and love. He is a truly gifted storyteller."--Edan
Lepucki, author of California
"[A] visionary thriller ...With its fluid integration of
reflections on American values and freedoms into a near-future
scenario whose dramas resonate with the contemporary zeitgeist,
this novel is a reminder that the best speculative fiction speaks
to the concerns and issues of its time."--Publisher's Weekly,
starred review
"A compelling post apocalyptic adventure populated by fascinating
characters [and] a clever riff on the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Fans of Cormac McCarthy's The Road, Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship
Breaker, and Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven will embrace
the literary vision of humanity's first steps back up the ladder of
civilization after near-extinction disasters."--Library Journal
(starred review)
"Benjamin Percy's THE DEAD LANDS is a case of wonderful writing and
compulsive reading. You will not come across a finer work of
sustained imagination this year. Good God, what a tale. Don't miss
it."-- Stephen King
"Percy offers a tip of the hat to American explorers Lewis and
Clark in this harrowing post apocalyptic thriller. . . . Percy uses
his gift for literary horror, as seen in Red Moon, to create a
compelling and at times disturbing story that will leave readers
wanting more."--Booklist (starred review)
"This post-apocalyptic reimagining of the Lewis and Clark passage
is a thrill ride through a nightmare America. THE DEAD LANDS is
gorgeous and haunting and full of heart, like some wonderful
offspring of The Hobbit, The Road, and Stephen King's Dark Tower
series."--James Frey, author of Bright Shiny Morning and
Endgame
"THE DEAD LANDS is an ingenious thriller, relentlessly driven by
Benjamin Percy's powerful writing."--Jess Walter, author of
Beautiful Ruins
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