The Wolf and the Rain

“An exciting and fast-paced gangster novel for the post-modern age” ~ Readers' Favorite Book Awards silver medalist (best young adult sci-fi)Hailed by Kirkus as one of the Great Indie Books Worth Discovering IndieReader Discovery Award Winner (best YA fiction)Wishing Shelf Book Awards bronze medalist (teen category)Shortlisted for the Whistler Independent Book Awards (fiction category)Recipient of a B.R.A.G Medallion***Global warming has divided the continent. Samarra, a soldier from the barren, authoritarian South, has fled to the Barrow, a northern city where the only things growing faster than the city’s piles of garbage are extremist cults and violent gangs. Her sole objective is survival: to stay hidden and stay safe.With jobs in short supply, Samarra counts herself lucky to find work with the Vauns, one of the Barrow’s most powerful and dangerous families. As she learns to navigate the beauty, the horror, and the magic of the lawless city, she finds herself living in the shadow of a missing woman—the beautiful and mysterious Raina, who worked for the Vauns before her. When the trail, long thought cold, heats up, Samarra must decide whether her newly gained chance at freedom is worth sacrificing for a ghost.***The dystopian novel Kirkus Reviews calls: “Atmospheric . . . realistic . . . slow-burning." Indie Reader writes: "Tanya Lee’s debut novel is a page-turner, with settings so richly detailed that you can practically smell the disinfectant in Sam’s childhood dorm and the garbage lining [the] Barrow’s muddy lanes. It’s a dystopian epic made for film." F-bom Feminist Book of the Month May/June 2020 "Tanya Lee’s blend of dystopian and mystery hooked me immediately...Lee breathed life into each of her characters. Conversations and scenes directly related to “women’s issues”...never felt forced or cliche." Given 5 stars by Readers’ Favorite, who called it: “A superb read that holds much promise for the future of science fiction.”Praised by Kristen Conrad, #1 bestselling author of This is Devin Jones as: "Rich, evocative and compelling, with subtle humor and dynamic strong female characters to root for. For fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent, this richly layered page-turner hits all the right notes and then some." "It’s marvelous world-building. With gorgeous phrasing, such as ‘heavy with words hoarded’ at the end that brought tears to my eyes." - Judge 14, 27th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book AwardsAmazon reviewers have called it:"Captivating""A dystopian like no other""A great doomsday novel""An engaging and well-written page turner""Fantastic apocalyptic fiction" PLEASE NOTE: This work contains mature themes