{"product_id":"road-out-of-winter-an-apocalyptic-thriller-9780778309925","title":"Road Out of Winter: An Apocalyptic Thriller","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e2021 winner of the Philip K. Dick Award\u003cbr\u003eA 2020 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Book Club Selection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Blends a rural thriller and speculative realism into what could be called dystopian noir.... Profoundly moving.\"--\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, starred review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn an endless winter, she carries seeds of hope\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWylodine comes from a world of paranoia and poverty--her family grows marijuana illegally, and life has always been a battle. Now she's been left behind to tend the crop alone. Then spring doesn't return for the second year in a row, bringing unprecedented, extreme winter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith grow lights stashed in her truck and a pouch of precious seeds, she begins a journey, determined to start over away from Appalachian Ohio. But the icy roads and strangers hidden in the hills are treacherous. After a harrowing encounter with a violent cult, Wil and her small group of exiles become a target for the cult's volatile leader. Because she has the most valuable skill in the climate chaos: she can make things grow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUrgent and poignant, \u003cem\u003eRoad Out of Winter\u003c\/em\u003e is a glimpse of an all-too-possible near future, with a chosen family forged in the face of dystopian collapse. Both gripping and lyrical, Stine's vision is of a changing world where an unexpected hero searches for where hope might take root.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Richly imagined, deeply moving and unthinkably offers hope in a world that uncannily resembles ours.... Gloriously well-written.\" --\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMs. Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd don't miss the next literary speculative novel from Alison Stine, TRASHLANDS, coming October 2021. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStine, Alison:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Alison Stine grew up in rural Ohio and now lives in Colorado. Her first novel, \u003cem\u003eRoad Out of Winter, \u003c\/em\u003ewon the 2021 Philip K. Dick Award. Recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and \u003cem\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/em\u003e, she has been published in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere.","brand":"Harlequin Sales Corp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642589614354,"sku":"9780778309925","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c5c28d15-a3b1-46d9-95ad-7a49a9e1edb2.jpg?v=1733070059","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/road-out-of-winter-an-apocalyptic-thriller-9780778309925","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}