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R. O. Kwon, author of The Incendiaries

Phoebe Lin and Will Kendall meet during their first month at prestigious Edwards University. A grieving Phoebe, who blames herself for her mother’s recent death, is increasingly drawn into a religious group --- a secretive extremist cult --- founded by a charismatic former student who has an enigmatic past that involves North Korea and Phoebe's Korean American family. Meanwhile, Will struggles to confront the fundamentalism he's tried to escape, and the obsession consuming the one he loves.

Week of July 29, 2019

Paperback releases for the week of July 29th include SOMEONE KNOWS, a riveting domestic thriller from Lisa Scottoline about how a single decision can undo a family, how our past can derail our present, and how not guilty doesn't always mean innocent; THE INCENDIARIES by R. O. Kwon, a powerful, darkly glittering novel of violence, love, faith and loss, as a young woman at an elite American university is drawn into a cult's acts of terrorism; THE WITCH ELM, a stand-alone suspense novel from Tana French that asks what we become, and what we're capable of, when we no longer know who we are; and Hank Green's AN ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE THING, a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined.