by Jill Lepore
First published 2025
When the government collapses, the Jacobs family must defend their community's hard-won freedoms. As martial law spreads, they navigate a landscape of shortages, surveillance, and suspicion, forced to make impossible choices. Yet, their fierce determination to preserve the ideals of "We the People" drives them to resist, no matter the cost.
Genres: dystopia, american-fiction, action, 21st-century, political-thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, resistance
Setting: United States
Period: Contemporary
720 pages · Hardcover · Liveright
Content warnings: violence