The Shimmering

Nolan watches his mother commit suicide… over and over again. She died forty-five years ago. She’s a shimmer.

When the shimmers first appeared, no one knew what they were or why they had come. Speculation gave way to fear, panic to chaos. Governments collapsed. Civilization crumbled. In the Shimmering's wake, a secretive cult called the Redeemers claim biblical prophecy explains the Shimmers’ origin. Now, twenty-five years later, the line between the post-apocalyptic world and the Shimmers is indistinguishable. No one knows if they're ghosts, aliens, or the coming of God. What they do know, is that Shimmers reveal humanity’s darkest sins. The Shimmers are the least of Nolan Elwood’s worries. Secrets, betrayal, and the hope of redemption drive him on a perilous journey across America’s wasteland to find his family.

The shimmers await…

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