Annie is thirty-seven weeks pregnant and shopping for a crib when the Cascadia fault shifts, causing a devastating earthquake. Emerging from the ruins of Ikea with no keys, no cell phone, and no money, Annie starts on foot toward the restaurant where her husband, Dom, works. During the five-and-a-half-mile walk, Annie witnesses devastation, and death, while her traveling ruminations clue us in to the state of her relationship with Dom, and her concerns about the baby, whom she addresses as “Bean.”. A twenty-four-hour Odyssey without supernatural creatures (although monsters are present), where getting home is of paramount importance. An absolute page-turner, Tilt is thoughtful and terrifying by turns.

—Karen, Annie Bloom’s Books, Portland, OR

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