James Howard Kunstler

In a post-oil America with no electricity, no Internet, dwindling resources, and little civic order, the residents of the small town of Union Grove, New York, must deal with roving bandits and a sinister cult that threatens to shatter the hamlet's stability.

A World Made by Hand Novel

The Witch of Hebron

The dystopian epic of World Made by Hand continues in a novel hailed as “Larry McMurty’s Lonesome Dove, set in the dystopian world of The Road” (New York Journal of Books). A new age has begun on Earth. Oil is no longer a resource. Some parts of America are nuclear wastelands. Civilization has devolved into a constant struggle for food, water, and shelter. In the tiny hamlet of Union Grove, New York, the US government is little more than a rumor. Wars are being fought over dwindling resources and illness is a constant presence. Bandits roam the countryside, preying on the weak and a sinister cult threatens the town’s fragile stability. It is up to every citizen of Union Grove to decide what they are willing to fight for, kill for, and die for . . . This is a tale of humanity at its shining best and brutal worst woven together in a “suspenseful, darkly amusing story with touches of the fantastic in the mode of Washington Irving” (Booklist). “Kunstler’s postapocalyptic world is neither a merciless nightmare nor a starry-eyed return to some pastoral faux utopia; it’s a hard existence dotted with adventure, revenge, mysticism, and those same human emotions that existed before the power went out.” —Publishers Weekly

Derek Barlas

From James Howard Kunstler, the best selling author of THE LONG EMERGENCY, comes a sequel to his popular 2008 novel WORLD MADE BY HAND that continues the story of Union Grove, New York, after the oil has run out and the electricity has flickered off.

Jay Carter

I was disappointed at first that the book did not focus on Robert Earle, the protagonist of World Made by Hand, and his new family. The patient reader will come to like all the new characters and the returnees. Billy Bones is particularly memorable. This is the story that Revolution could have been. Somebody turn these stories into a TV show!

The Witch of Hebron A World Made by Hand Novel

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