Like a Dog With a Bone

She's 16, alone, and wanted by the police. Two years after her world was turned tragically upside down, fiercely independent Willa Sams lives on the fringes of a collapsing society. She's lost everything — her family, her home, even her dog. All she has left is hope, and that happens to be in dwindling supply. In this increasingly uncertain world, there's safety in numbers, so she reluctantly joins a group of political and climate refugees, all seeking to find a better, safer place to exist. But the problems have a way of finding her, and this time, they threaten everyone around her. But the choice to leave again is not an easy one. Here in the heart of Defender country, in the Pacific Northwest of an increasingly divided United States of America, striking out on alone is tantamount to a death sentence. Willa doesn't like being backed into a corner, and she'll fight tooth and nail to keep her freedom and secrets from getting out. But is she...