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Description of  The Witch of Hebron

The dystopian epic of World Made by Hand continues in a novel hailed as Larry McMurtys Lonesome Dove, set in the dystopian world of The Road (New York Journal of Books). A new age has begun on Earth. Oil is no longer a resource. Some parts of America are nuclear wastelands. Civilization has devolved into a constant struggle for food, water, and shelter. In the tiny hamlet of Union Grove, New York, the US government is little more than a rumor. Wars are being fought over dwindling resources and illness is a constant presence. Bandits roam the countryside, preying on the weak and a sinister cult threatens the towns fragile stability. It is up to every citizen of Union Grove to decide what they are willing to fight for, kill for, and die for . . . This is a tale of humanity at its shining best and brutal worst woven together in a suspenseful, darkly amusing story with touches of the fantastic in the mode of Washington Irving (Booklist). Kunstlers postapocalyptic world is neither a merciless nightmare nor a starry-eyed return to some pastoral faux utopia its a hard existence dotted with adventure, revenge, mysticism, and those same human emotions that existed before the power went out. Publishers Weekly