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Burn
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Mark Deakins
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Peter Heller
About this listen
From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars and The Last Ranger, a novel about two men—friends since boyhood—who emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian country racked by bewildering violence
Every year, Jess and Storey have made an annual pilgrimage to the most remote corners of the country, where they camp, hunt, and hike, leaving much from their long friendship unspoken. Although the state of Maine has convulsed all summer with secession mania—a mania that has simultaneously spread across other states—Jess and Storey figure it’s a fight reserved for legislators or, worst-case scenario, folks in the capital.
But after weeks hunting off the grid, the men reach a small town and are shocked by what they find: a bridge blown apart, buildings burned to the ground, and bombed-out cars abandoned on the road. Trying to make sense of the sudden destruction all around them, they set their sights on finding their way home, dragging a wagon across bumpy dirt roads, scavenging from boats left in lakes, and dodging armed men—secessionists or U.S. military, they cannot tell—as they seek a path to safety. Then, a startling discovery drastically alters their path and the stakes of their escape.
Drenched in the beauty of the natural world and attuned to the specific cadences of male friendship, even here at the edge of doom, Burn is both a blistering warning about a divided country’s political strife and an ode to the salvation found in our chosen families.
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“A Maine camping trip turns into a fight for survival in this meditative dystopian thriller from Heller....Despite the high stakes, Heller gives the narrative plenty of space to breathe, allowing him to cast a haunting, immersive spell as his heroes traverse the ruined landscape. Painterly descriptions of nature and sparkling philosophical ruminations...elevate the proceedings. The result is a wilderness adventure with real emotional depth.”
—Publishers Weekly
"Many of Peter Heller’s books — fiction and nonfiction — concern outdoor adventures, by which I really mean survival stories: on a river, in a mountain lodge, even on a Japanese whaling ship. But Heller always goes deeper than derring-do, excavating the complex emotions beneath a character’s avalanche of fears."
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times
“Heller is masterful at describing the feeling of being surrounded by nature. At one point in Burn, I likened the reading experience to sticking my face into the rust-colored bark of a Ponderosa pine to come away with the faintly sweet vanilla scent—something expected and decidedly human sprung from the rocky edges of the wilderness....You walk away from Burn with the forest in your nose and a bit of uneasiness in your gut about the plausibility of things falling apart.”
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It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.
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A Revelation!
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Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.
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- lp285
- 08-25-24
good men trying to care for abandoned child in civil war
The ending left one hanging, perhaps there is another book coming? Not sure how the sexual assault of almost grown teen fit with this story.
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- Lauren Fegan
- 12-04-24
The power of soft hearts and kind men
Love the narrator. His voice is intoxicating and draws you in. Heller is so descriptive and haunting. Love everything he has wrote!!!
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- Abe
- 11-21-24
Great Story
Gripping, Unexpected, Well performed. All I hoped for in a new Heller novel. I particularly enjoyed the character building interspersed with the story.
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- adel
- 08-25-24
Familiar Ground
If you haven’t read this author before, do. Peter Heller’s descriptive prose reveals nature at its best even as the characters struggle for survival. If you are familiar with the author this novel may feel like Deja vu, elements of the plot and characters will seem very familiar. A good thing for readers who can’t get enough, and disappointing for those who want to see the author test his talent the way his characters test their survival skills.
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- Dakota F.
- 08-14-24
Excellent
Heller has a way of making the gruesome even more so, describing nature in a way that puts you there, and conveying complex emotion in a way that feels poetic. Burn delivers.
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- Andrea Jorgensen
- 08-17-24
Great mastery of language. The characterization is quite remarkable.
This is a novel for our times. It keeps you on edge with the men as they navigate through the shocking burn in Maine as well as in their past.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-21-24
Slow listen
I love Peter Heller’s books, but for some reason this one didn’t grab me and hold my attention. Disappointed but I might listen again to see if it was just my mood.
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- Dave 1965
- 11-25-24
Lacking the normal Heller punch
I’ve read most all of his books- this would be placed last in my opinion. Good writing as usual but the story lacked the depth and punch of many of his books.
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- Marsha Castellano
- 08-30-24
ok story… switched around a lot Horrible ending its like it just ended with big question marks
hated the ending all loose ends
its left up to the reader to write their own ending not my fav
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- Regina
- 01-05-25
Wait: What?
Dog Star is in my All Time Favorites list. And I have enjoyed many other Heller Novels. This one fell short in comparison. I never fully engaged. And the ending made me wonder if it was all just a set up for Part Two. Narration was fine.
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