Omar El Akkad

An audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught deep in the middle....

Amerika in der Zukunft: Der Meeresspiegel steigt, Teile des Landes stehen unter Wasser, der Norden führt Krieg gegen den Süden. In einem...

From the widely acclaimed author of American War, Omar El Ekkad, comes a beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic and profoundly moving novel that brings the global refugee crisis down to the level of a child’s eyes....

Sarat Chestnut is only six when the Second American Civil War breaks out in 2074. But even she knows that oil is outlawed, that Louisiana is half underwater, that unmanned drones fill the sky....

From the widely acclaimed, bestselling author of American War comes a beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic, and profoundly moving novel that looks at the global refugee crisis through the eyes of a child....