We Burn Daylight

We Burn DaylightNATIONAL BESTSELLER An epic novel of star crossed lovers set in a doomsday cult on the Texas prairie that asks: What would you sacrifice for the person you love? Symphonic and suspenseful . . . In an epic act of empathy, Bret Anthony Johnston inhabits every point of view, from doomed devotees to perplexed law enforcement.Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of March A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice Waco, Texas, 1993. People from

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