Zero Zone (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781640093737)

A literary thriller about an infamous desert art installation, the cult it inspired, and the search for a missing young woman that is "cinematic . . . readers will be compelled to start again at page one to discover how O'Connor pieces together his suspenseful, incredibly well-written narrative" (Library Journal, starred review).

Los Angeles, the late 1970s: Jess Shepard is an installation artist who creates environments that focus on light and space, often leading to intense sensory experiences for visitors to her work. A run of critically lauded projects peaks with Zero Zone, an installation at the once upon a time site of nuclear bomb testing in the New Mexico desert. But when a small group of travelers experience what they perceive as a religious awakening inside Zero Zone, they barricade themselves in the installation until authorities are forced to intervene. That violent showdown becomes a media sensation, and its aftermath follows Jess wherever she goes.

Devastated by the attack and the distortion of her art, Jess retreats from the world. Unable to work, Jess unravels mentally and emotionally, plagued by a nagging uncertainty as to her culpability for what happened.

Three years later, a survivor from Zero Zone comes looking for Jess, who must move past her self imposed isolation to face down her fears and recover her art and possibly her life from a violent cult intent of making it their own.

Author: Scott O'Connor
ISBN-10: 1640093737
ISBN-13: 9781640093737
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Language: English
Published: 10/06/2020
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2020 pg. 54
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2020
Publishers Weekly 08/17/2020
Booklist 10/01/2020 pg. 35
Shelf Awareness 10/06/2020