The X: A Novel

WAYWARD PINES meets 1984 meets THE ROAD in this dystopian thriller America, abandoned. Environmental and economic turmoil forces the United States to consolidate its borders, leaving nearly 2/3 of the country abandoned. One year after moving from Colorado to New Mexico to comply with the Sunbelt Relocation Act, Leo Kline gets the itch to explore abandoned America and convinces his wife, Nova, to join him. After a surreal day walking the deserted downtown Denver streets and skiing the untracked Rocky Mountains without seeing another soul, the Kline's come face to face with the unsettling truth: abandoned America isn't abandoned after all. Leo learns that those left roaming the empty cities and towns of America are extremely dangerous and that he may hold the key to dismantling their sinister agenda. THE X is a dystopian thriller for fans of Blake Crouch's WAYWARD PINES trilogy or Omar El Akkad's AMERICAN WAR.