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The Ravaged

By Norman Reedus & Frank Bill
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New York Times bestseller

Los Angeles Times bestseller

USA Today bestseller

The highly anticipated debut novel from Norman Reedus, acclaimed star of The Walking Dead

“This country wasn’t built on good—only fought for with good intentions.”

Jack’s dying mother told him, “Run and never look back.” He spent his life amassing wealth, but after losing his family, he has no one to share it with. Alone with his demons and a backpack, he heads to South America, where people with nothing teach him what matters.

After thrashing his dog-abusing boss, Hunter learns of his father’s death in a mysterious fire. Biker buddies Nugget and Itch ride with him from North Carolina to California. Stories from his father’s life help ease the struggles of small-town Americans. Hunter discovers a secret past.

Seventeen-year-old Anne flees Tennessee after her older brother attacks her. She whacks him with a skillet and hops a freight to Alabama with her best friend. Living hand to mouth, they build friendships, uncovering something they never had: family.

The Ravaged is a fast-paced, up-in-your-face novel of gritty realism, exploring three different personal quests with eerily parallel outcomes.

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“Would've been better as a Facebook post”
“I enjoyed it but there wasn’t a lot of closure. But I guess that’s the point.”
“I received this book as a part of a Goodreads giveaway and it has been the haunted relic that won't let me rest ever since. I make a lot of jokes that books are for women - that reading and literature are exclusively for women. The Ravaged is a book that is by men, for men. THIS is male literature. Thank you to Norman Reedus for inviting me into the realm of masculine novels. I hope to never return to that dark place. The Ravaged is a physical manifestation of what white men daydream about when they're already wealthy and successful. Everyone is rough around the edges but honest and honorable. They stand up for women and animals (is there a difference between the two? Haha! Amirite boys?). They ride motorcycles and pound beers. If you read any of the reviews, you will find several complaints about the ENTIRE PAGE detailing how to care for your lawnmower or the line "Her ass is like a helium filled balloon," which is objectively the worst sentence ever strung together. I don't believe in rating books one star because generally it's my own fault that I picked a book without reading the blurb. That doesn't make a book BAD; someone poured their heart and soul into it, and I don't want to discredit it because I was not the target audience. And while this is a perfect case for me to say "I am REALLY not the target audience," I won't. Norman Reedus, this was atrocious and getting through it was a chore. One star. Please get this away from me now.”

About Norman Reedus

Norman Reedus can currently be seen in the eleventh season of AMC’s hit series The Walking Dead and on AMC’s unscripted series Ride with Norman Reedus. He is best known for playing the role of Murphy MacManus in the cult movie The Boondock Saints, written and directed by Troy Duffy. Reedus is also a burgeoning director and an accomplished photographer. He lives in New York.

Frank Bill

Frank Bill is the author of the novel Donnybrook and the story collection Crimes in Southern Indiana, which was named one of GQ magazine’s favorite books of 2011 and a Daily Beast best debut of 2011.

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