Such sky-high adventure might be expected from Denver-based Heller, a contributing editor at Outside magazine and Men's Journal and the author of several action-packed nonfiction books. But after nine years of merely surviving, Hig risks all he has left and flies outside the secure perimeter, beyond the point where he has enough fuel to return, to see what he can find, to look for hope and possibility. Regularly, Hig and Jasper go up in a 1956 Cessna 182 to patrol the perimeter of the airfield for intruders, whom Bangley then shoots. The trio must rely upon each other to stay alive, scavenging supplies, hunting and fishing. He cooks his meals in the hangar and sleeps out under the stars with Jasper, a blue heeler mix, and a single airfield neighbor, Bangley, a gun-loving grouch with a stash of ammo. In the dangerous aftermath of a world destroyed by a combination of environmental disaster and disease, Hig, a small-craft pilot, has found refuge in an airfield hangar. To this compelling frame, Heller adds adrenaline-pumping adventure, deep philosophical undercurrents … and a bit of love. Award-winning adventure writer Peter Heller sets his debut novel, The Dog Stars, in an apocalypse-stricken Colorado, where Hig, one of the planet's few survivors, flies around in an antique plane with a dog as his copilot.
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