From Appalachia's northernmost reaches in Maine to the shores of Ireland, an American refugee named Lark flees across the Atlantic Ocean to escape a fundamentalist regime that's taken over the United States. Described as "epic" and "riveting," this bold, dystopian novel from Kentucky author Silas House, shows how far one gay man will go to survive and how, with the help of a dog named Seamus, he learns to love again.

READ OUR INTERVIEW WITH SILAS HOUSE

Part 1: How crushing grief led to a lauded novel

Part 2: On wild places and loyal dogs 

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