First published 2017
In a devastated America, 6-year-old Sarat Chestnut watches as oil is outlawed, her home state of Louisiana is flooded, and drones fill the skies. When her father is killed, Sarat's family is forced into a camp for displaced people. There, Sarat is befriended by a shadowy figure who grooms her into a ruthless instrument of war. As Sarat's decisions reverberate through generations, she must confront the consequences of the path she's chosen, for her family and her country.
Genres: dystopia, american-fiction, american, war, 21st-century, political-thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: United States
432 pages · Paperback · Vintage
Content warnings: violence, war