After a flu epidemic kills 99.7% of the population, our narrator Hig takes up residence on an airstrip with just his dog, Jasper, and one neighbor, a guns-and-weapons enthusiast named Bangley. Hig spends many of his days flying a small Cessna with Jasper as his co-pilot, patrolling the homestead that Hig and Bangley have staked for themselves and thinking about the life he had before. When he hears a voice come in over the radio, his hope and curiosity are ignited and Hig sets out to see what in his world still remains. A novel about no less than isolation, humanity, empathy, and need.
