California: A Novel

"I read Edan Lepucki’s suspenseful debut novel in two days, but that wasn’t without trepidation. “You’ve covered a lot of natural disasters lately,” I said to myself. “So why are you reading about a post-apocalyptic American West in your spare time?” But the book was too good to give up. Set in the near future, it follows a husband and wife who are forced to flee a crumbling LA after the “big one” hits. The only problem: Melting glaciers have flooded the Pacific Northwest, and the Rockies are devastated by wildfires. So where do they end up? You’ll have to read it to believe it. But maybe wait until the dark, winter months are through before you set out on this page turner."