Zen and the Art of Apocalypse

A Novel

Cary Groner

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SPIEGEL & GRAU
12 March 2025

A postapocalyptic road trip and a quest for redemption.

It's 2048, and the world has been ravaged by a lethal virus. With few exceptions, only the young have survived. Cities and infrastructures have been destroyed, and the natural world has reclaimed the landscape in surprising ways, with herds of wild camels roaming the American West and crocodiles that glow neon green lurking in the rivers.

Will Collins, the last surviving resident of a Buddhist retreat center in Colorado, receives an urgent and mysterious request: to deliver a potential cure to a scientist on the West Coast. So Will sets out into an unknown and perilous world, haunted by dreams of the woman he once loved, in a rusted-out pickup pulled by two mules. He doesn't have much time-temperatures are rising to lethal heights, a hit man is on his tail, and armed militias patrol the roads. The only way he'll make it is with the help of a clever raven, an opinionated cat, and a tough teenage girl who has learned to survive on her own.

A highly original contribution to the canon of dystopian literature, The Way is a thrilling and imaginative novel, full of warmth, wisdom, and surprises. It raises age-old questions about life, death, and how to live, while reflecting our own world in unsettling, uncanny, and even hopeful ways.

By: Cary Groner
Imprint: SPIEGEL & GRAU
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781954118423
ISBN 10: 1954118422
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 12 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cary Groner's debut novel, Exiles, published in 2011, was a Chicago Tribune favorite book of the year. His award-winning stories have appeared in publications including Glimmer Train, Salamander, Sycamore Review, American Fiction, Southern California Review, and Mississippi Review. He lives with his wife in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Reviews for Zen and the Art of Apocalypse: A Novel

"Praise for Exiles: ""Groner shines a unique light on a remote, exotic land in his self-confident and culturally rigorous debut. His tale of a doctor and his beloved daughter takes a modern-day bent on Seven Years in Tibet and shows the country's turmoil with a palette that is as affectionate as it is startling. . . . Even the most jaded reader will be on the edge of their seats as the author carries the story home. A fast-paced but emotionally resonant story about the bonds that hold fast when we're far from home.""--Kirkus ""Exhilarating . . . Exiles vividly reveals the difficulty of making moral decisions, and the importance of bonds between people, in a complex world few Americans see.""--James A. Levine, author of The Blue Notebook ""A deeply moving tale of a father and daughter cast adrift in Nepal, Exiles shines a steady, compassionate light on the rootlessness of contemporary America.""--Stephen Batchelor, author of Confession of a Buddhist Atheist"