Ten years after Earth's electronics were fried by an immense solar flare, most human technology has turned useless and civilization has begun to fail. But one thriving pocket is a valley on California's coast, where farmers in a religious cult dwell. A tribe of local hunters protect them. But this arrangement gets upended when a young refugee, Kyle Skander, wrecks his kayak there as he seeks to paddle north to Arcata. Kyle finds himself accused of murdering a young woman from the commune. To win freedom, he must find the real killer. His combative personality and a background in logic and philosophy helps Kyle make headway at this task. His investigation begins to uncover the valley's deepest secrets. Then, buried rivalries erupt into a battle that alters forever this enclave's fate.

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Paul McHugh is the award-winning author of six books and has also enjoyed an illustrious career in journalism. His political thriller-"The Blind Pool" -won first place in the Thriller & Suspense category at the 2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards. "Deadlines," a journalism murder mystery, won the Best Mystery prize from the National Indie Excellence Awards; it also took top honors from the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association. He was the outdoors features writer and editor for the San Francisco Chronicle for more than 20 years, covering trends and issues in outdoor sport and resource use, as well as producing front-page investigations. His work has also been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Mercury News. McHugh is an accomplished outdoorsman and risk sports aficionado who resides with his wife, Dawn Garcia, in Northern California.

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