“ A blistering thriller that follows a group of teenagers on an adventure through an apocalyptic America much like our own.” ― Entertainment Weekly   Bestselling author of  Before the Fall  and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Noah Hawley (FX’s  Fargo ) returns with a chilling and prophetic allegory of America as it is now and as it could be.     It begins with a Song...    In a country divided by pandemic, climate change, and incendiary rhetoric, a new plague infects American teens via social media: a contagious new meme spreading chaos and fear. Desperate parents look for something, anything to stop the madness. At the Float Anxiety Abasement Center, in a suburb of Chicago, Simon Oliver is trying to recover from his sister’s tragic passing. He breaks out to join a woman named Louise and a man called the Prophet on a quest as urgent as it is enigmatic. Who lies at the end of the road? A man known as the Wizard, whose past encounter with Louise sparked her own collapse. Their quest becomes a rescue mission as those most in danger race to save one life – and the country’s future.    Anthem  is rich with unforgettably vivid characters, as fast and bright as pop cinema. Noah Hawley takes readers along for a leap into the idiosyncratic pulse of the American heart, written with the playfulness, biting wit, literary power, and foresight that have made him one of our most essential writers.  “Hawley taps into our existential anxiety—and transforms it into a hefty page turner that’s equal parts horrific, catastrophic and, at times, strangely entertaining.”― New York Times Book Review “Hawley the fiction writer is at his best when pitching his taut setup and its well-drawn cast of characters.”― USA Today “A blistering thriller that follows a group of teenagers on an adventure through an apocalyptic America much like our own.”― Entertainment Weekly “Terrifying, expertly crafted literary thriller.”― Oprah Daily, “The 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2022” “Hawley creates an all-too-plausible dystopia rendered believable through matter-of-fact prose. [He] makes this sing by combining the social commentary of a Margaret Atwood novel with the horrors of a Stephen King book.”― Publisher’s Weekly (Starred Review) “The plot-rich, cinematic story moves swiftly and compellingly, exciting reader interest and empathy. Anthem is truly an epic adventure.”― Booklist (Starred Review) "[ANTHEM is] perhaps the first must-read novel of 2022, the kind of book that you’ll be urging your friends to pick up throughout the year”― Book Reporter “Hawley, more stoic in nature, speaks during pivotal moments, providing commentary that evokes an existential response. A rapid plot, dramatic characterizations, and a horrific but believable setting will excite thriller fans and have them questioning where today's society is headed.”― Audio File “A Vonnegutian story that is as timeless as a Grimm’s fairy tale, it is a leap into the idiosyncratic pulse of the American heart, written with the bravado, literary power, and feverish foresight.”― Shereads “An act of Hawley’s sorcery, and with his sharp dialogue and short, elegant chapters, Hawley propels this novel toward a form of hope.”― The National Book Review “Gripping, suspenseful… Noah Hawley is one of our most masterful multimedia storytellers.”― Wisconsin Public Radio “ An emotionally stark and brilliant work of fiction… A must-read book.”― San Francisco Book Review PRAISE FOR BEFORE THE FALL: "[A] terrific thriller . . . an irresistible mystery . . . a tale that's both an intriguing puzzle and a painful story of human loss."― Washington Post "Savvy and absorbing . . . cathartic . . . BEFORE THE FALL   is about the gulf that separates perception and truth."― Wall Street Journal “A mesmerizing, surprise-jammed mystery that works purely on its own, character-driven terms.” ― New York Times "A masterly blend of mystery, suspense, tragedy, and shameful media hype . . . a gritty tale of a man overwhelmed by unwelcome notoriety, with a stunning, thoroughly satisfying conclusion."― Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) "I started and finished BEFORE THE FALL in one day. That begins to tell you what kind of smart, compellingly dramatic read it is. So read it."― James Patterson, #1 New York Times bestselling author "This is one of the year's best suspense novels, a mesmerizing, surprise-jammed mystery that works purely on its own, character-driven terms . . . Mr. Hawley has made it very, very easy to race through his book in a state of breathless suspense."― New York Times "BEFORE THE FALL is a ravishing and riveting beauty of a thriller. It's also a deep exploration of desire, betrayal, creation, family, fate, mortality, and rebirth. It's one part Dennis Lehane, one part Dostoevsky. I was spellbound from first page to last; I haven't fully recovered yet."― Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours "Noah Hawley really knows how to keep a