One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear. Hours later, the world as we know it begins to dissolve. Moving back and forth in time—from the actor's early days as a film star to fifteen years in the future, when a theater troupe known as the Traveling Symphony roams the wasteland of what remains—this suspenseful, elegiac, spellbinding novel charts the strange twists of fate that connect five people.—Baker & Taylor
"Extremely well-written book about early post-apocalyptic period that is easy to read and understandable to all ages from teenagers on up. There is a key quote from Star Trek: Voyager series, along the lines of, 'Survival is not enough.' This is the book I sent my kids off to college with."—Submitted by Jane W., El Centro Comunal Latino
"Post-pandemic fiction with strong characters in an engaging tapestry of story-lines with a good dose of hope. Not for everyone in our current time, but good stuff nonetheless."—Submitted by Ned B., Information Technology