About the Book
The Last Town on Earth
The year is 1918. America is fighting a war on foreign soil that has divided the nation. Meanwhile, rumors of the spread of the deadliest epidemic ever are causing panic on the home front. The uninfected town of Commonwealth, Washington, votes to quarantine itself, and two young friends are asked to guard the town entrance and keep strangers out.
One day, a starving, cold—and seemingly ill—soldier comes out of the woods begging for sanctuary, and the two guards are confronted with an agonizing moral dilemma.
Awards for The Last Town on Earth
Winner of the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Excellence in Historical
Fiction
A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year
One of the Top 50 Books of the Year and one of the Top 10 Debuts of
the Year--Amazon.com
Best Debut Novel of 2006--USA Today
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www.thomasmullen.net