
' An emergency from its very first sentence A literary thriller that summons the survivalist terror of The Road' Patrick Somerville author of This Bright River On a searing summer evening Eddie Chapman has been stuck in a traffic jam for hours There are accidents along the highway but ambulances & police are conspicuously absent When he decides to abandon his carand run home he sees that the trees have been burned & the water in the stream bed is gone Something is very wrong When he arrives home there is a power cut & no running water The pipes everywhere it seems are dry Eddie & his wife Laura find themselves thrust together with their neighbours while a sense of unease thickens in the stifling night air Thirst takes place in the immediate aftermath of a mysterious disaster
- the Chapmans & their community suffer the effects of the heat their thirst & the terrifying realisation that no one is coming to help As violence rips through the community Eddie & Laura are forced to recall secrets from their past & question their present humanity In crisp & convincing prose Benjamin Warner compels readers to do the same