Ferocious and real, the fourteen tales in Bob Johnson’s blistering debut explore the undertow of violence and sin along the St. Lawrence Divide in northern Indiana, where men, women, and children struggle to find their way in the darkness…of the divide.

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  • "a riveting, powerful, literary debut, and Bob Johnson is my new favorite writer"

    –Donald Ray Pollock, author of Knockemstiff

  • "With quiet lyricism and great precision, Bob Johnson reveals to us the brutal beauties of the human heart."

    —EJ Levy, author of The Cape Doctor 

  • "The dramatic tension on the page is so visceral and intense it makes your hands tremble.”

    —Robert Cohen, author of Amateur Barbarians

  • "Forget anything you thought you knew about the Midwest—these stories will set you straight.”

    —Charles Baxter, National Book Award Finalist

  • “Bob Johnson brings storytelling back to its roots”

    —Susanna Daniel, author of Stiltsville and Sea Creatures