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Thriller / suspense fiction

THE VIOLENCE

Delilah S. Dawson

How far would you go to be free? Three generations of women forge a new path through an America torn by a mysterious wave of violence in this "chilling [and] dizzyingly effective" (The New York Times Book Review) novel of revenge, liberation, and triumph.

They call it The Violence: a strange epidemic that causes the infected to experience sudden bursts of animalistic rage, with no provocation and no memory of their crimes. While it tears the nation apart, one woman sees something unlikely in the chaosan opportunity. Chelsea Martin has been a prisoner in her own home for too long. Her controlling husband has manipulated her for years, cutting her off from all support. Her narcissistic mother is no help, and her teen daughter is realizing she might be falling into the same trap when her once adoring boyfriend shows a dark side. But when the Violence erupts, Chelsea creates a plan to liberate herself and her daughters once and for all. What follows is a shocking and thrilling journey as three generations of women navigate a world in which they are finally empowered to fight back. Somewhere along the journey from her magazine-ready Tampa home to the professional wrestling ring, Chelsea becomes her own liberator, an avatar of revenge and hope, and a new heroine for a new world. Delilah S. Dawson is the author of the New York Times bestseller Star Wars: Phasma, Hit, Servants of the Storm, the Blud series, the creator-owned comics Ladycastle and Sparrowhawk, and the Shadow series (written as Lila Bowen). She lives in Florida with her family and a fat mutt named Merle.

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Book Published 2022-11-01 by Del Rey

Comments

Visceral, thrilling . . . A novel paced like a fistfight, aching like a just-gone toothbut there's hope in the harrowing.

French: Sonatine; German: Heyne/PRH; Russian: Mann, Ivanov, and Ferber; UK/BC: Titan Books

A novel that defines this era.

A compulsively readable fusion of domestic thriller and modern horror.

The Violence is a novel that will stand out for its intelligence, for its compassion, for its 'un-put-down-able-ness.' . . . It is the kind of novel that will stand the test of time.

A compulsively readable fusion of domestic thriller and modern horror that shocks and surprises at every turn. A must-read!

A staggering, masterful tale of survival and redemption during a literal epidemic of violence. Dawson is a storyteller working at the top of her class.

Finalst for the ITW Thriller Award

[A] smart, fast-paced thrill ride.

A novel that defines this era.

A paean to the resilience of women . . . The Violence could not be more of-the-moment.

The Violence isn't just a timely, ripping thrillerit's an intimate, thoughtful, heart-wrenching portrait of abuse and power, and how those things ripple through generations.

Dawson's prose is a kind of knife work: short, sharp stabs after agonies of teeth-clenching tension. . . . Dizzyingly effective . . . It's impossible not to read.

A piercing examination of survival, courage, and self, terrifying and hopeful in equal measure.

The Violence is Dawson at her best: unflinching yet empathetic, the brutal and the gentle side by side, rage and despair tempered with joy and hope.

Enthusiastically suggest to readers who enjoyed the table-turning feminism of Naomi Alderman's The Power, the band-of-survivors theme in Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven, and the emotional journey of Victor LaValle's The Changeling.

A stellar thriller full of danger, courage, and characters who feel alive.

Every summer needs a superb thriller, and this is it. A story of three generations of women making their way through an America ravaged by violence, this is also a wonderful narrative about liberation and perseverance.

A propulsive redemption story

Dawson's thriller is a surprising, exhilarating journey of three generations of women navigating a changing world.

A gorgeously creative and surprisingly gleeful story about the way violence infects every aspect of American life.