48 States

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Powered by impeccably deep character development (every major player is insightfully explored particularly River) and a storyline that may not seem so far-fetched after recent political events-book bans federal curfews and digital identity chips-Davis creates a terrifying near future... With a breakneck pace from the first page to the last this book is so much more than just a well-written dystopian thriller. The questions that the author raises should resonate with readers long after the novel is finished. An adept and chilling cautionary tale-the narrative equivalent of brass knuckles to the skull. -</span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)><em>Kirkus Starred Review</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In 2042 the United States is recovering from a series of terrorist attacks that upended the government rewrote our civil liberties and erased two states from the map. River a widow single mother and veteran of the Caliphate Wars works as a waste hauling trucker in Energy Territory No. 1 formerly known as North Dakota. Living in a dingy motel room with nothing but her books and a semiautomatic pistol for company she is weeks away from the end of her contract and returning to her young daughter. Finn Cunningham a hydrologist with the United States Geology Survey (USGS) in Montana is suspicious of environmental changes he's seeing in nearby western waterways and decides to investigate. His decision sets him on a collision course with River sending them both on the run. One a fugitive the other a reluctant participant they develop an affinity for each other sharing stories of past loves loss and hardship. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>48 States</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a one-of-a-kind dystopian thriller about the dangers of extremism and the power of love and forgiveness.</span></p>