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A debut literary thriller from an incredible new voice. What do you do when the man who gave you everything turns out to be a killer? Perfect for fans of Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Since the Damn Stupid turned the clock back on civilisation by centuries, the world has been a harsher place. But Elka has learned everything she needs to survive from the man she calls Trapper, the solitary hunter who took her in when she was just seven years old. So when Elka sees the 'wanted' poster in town, her simple existence is shattered....

Summer 1982. Deep in the Adirondack Mountains, over three hundred people live off-grid in a secret community. Atlas is a refuge for broken souls who long for a different life. Founded by the enigmatic Sol, the group now prepares for their final ceremony: the opening of the Golden Door. They believe they will cross to another world, to a new life where their past decisions never ended in tragedy. James Morrow is a rookie New York City reporter intent on making his name with an exposé of the crazy cult in the woods.

In the heat-wave summer of 1971, four kids find a body by a lake and set out to solve a murder. But they dig too deep and ask too many questions. Larson is a town reeling in the wake of the Vietnam draft, where the unrelenting heat ruins the harvest and the people teeter on the edge of ruin. As tension and paranoia run rife, rumours become fact, violence becomes reflex. The unrest allows the dark elements of the close-knit farming community to rise and take control. And John, Jenny, Gloria and Rudy are about to discover that sometimes secrets are best left uncovered....

Iris, desperate to escape her unhappy marriage to her beautiful but controlling wife Claude, flees New York City for the remote Catskill Mountains. When she was a child, Iris and her father found solace in the beauty and wilderness of the forest, and now Iris needs time and space to clear her head and come to terms with the mistakes which have led her here. But what Iris doesn't expect in this journey of survival and self-discovery is to find herself - quite literally.

Nahezu alles, was Elka über die Welt weiß, hat sie von Kreagar Hallet gelernt, einem einsamen Trapper. Elka ist bei ihm groß geworden, nachdem sie ihre Großmutter bei einem schweren Unwetter verloren hat. Viele Jahre lang hat er ihr gezeigt, wie man in einer gesetzlosen und zerstörten Zivilisation, in der die Menschen auf die Gnade der Elemente hoffen müssen, überleben kann. Doch der Mann, den Elka zu kennen glaubte, birgt ein schreckliches Geheimnis. Er ist ein Killer. Ein Monster. Und jetzt, da Elka die Wahrheit kennt, könnte sie sein nächstes Opfer sein.

This Wont Be Done By 5 gives a nod to the on-going process that is the human condition.