The Faller by Michael Demaray
"A haunting, powerful debut that lingers long after the final page."
In the unforgiving wilderness of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where men bury their grief in work, whiskey, and violence, twelve-year-old Leif loses both his parents in the space of a year. Alone and burdened by a secret he cannot share, he must survive in a world where grief hardens into violence—and love is as dangerous as loss.
THE FALLER is a stark but redemptive coming-of-age story praised as "stunningly evocative" and "beautifully understated".
