The Antidote

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The Antidote – A Haunting Dust Bowl Epic by Karen Russell

🌪️📖 A Prairie Witch. A Time-Traveling Camera. A Town on the Brink. 📖🌪️

From Pulitzer finalist and bestselling author Karen Russell, The Antidote is a mesmerizing literary epic set against the backdrop of Black Sunday, the historic dust storm that devastated the Great Plains. Blending historical fiction, magical realism, and climate reckoning, this novel explores the violent past and uncertain future of a collapsing Nebraskan town.

🏚️ Uz, Nebraska, is already crumbling.
The Great Depression and relentless drought have left the town desolate, but beneath the dust lies even darker secrets. As five lives become entangled, each must confront their past, their power, and the forces shaping their fate.

✨ Five Unforgettable Characters:
🕰️ A New Deal photographer with a time-traveling camera that exposes the town’s buried truths.
🔮 A Prairie Witch who stores people’s memories and secrets within her own body.
🌾 A Polish wheat farmer who learns that a blessing hoarded too long becomes a curse.
🏀 A basketball star turned witch’s apprentice, fleeing the weight of her grief.
🗣️ A voluble scarecrow, whispering secrets carried on the wind.

⚠️ A Reckoning with the Past & a Warning for the Future
As The Antidote unearths forgotten histories, climate catastrophe, and the willful amnesia of a nation, Russell delivers a lyrical, urgent novel that mirrors our present-day crises.

✨ Perfect for fans of Swamplandia!, The Midnight Library, and The Water Dancer, The Antidote is a breathtaking blend of folklore, history, and speculative fiction. ✨