The plot of this novel could very well serve as an excellent prehistory to B. Crauch’s famous trilogy “Pines”...
A blinding, dazzling glow that flared in the night sky forever split the life of an entire country into “before” and “after,” and all its inhabitants into those who saw this otherworldly beauty and those who slept peacefully. The first became ruthless killers; the second their victims. And there is only one way out—to run wherever your eyes can see. That is exactly what Jack Colclough, his wife, and their two children try to do: to escape their hometown, engulfed in gunfire and fires. To flee to a place where not everyone has been affected by the madness, where they can find protection. Along this terrifying path, they will face many deadly dangers, one of which is their own little son. Unlike his parents and sister, he has also seen that magnificent shining...