A future world after a deluge. A savage landscape of forest, black water, and scattered villages. River dwellers struggle to survive and despots roam the flood plain looking for followers to brainwash and fighters to kill. They are hunting a mysterious teenage boy. Alice Page is on a harrowing downriver journey with her scientist father and family. Her father is oblivious to the dangers that surround them. But she can see through the veil of darkness. One morning, Alice and her father rescue a boy, left for dead on a wooden barge. Now, as killers close in, she must find a way to keep herself and her family alive. RIVER DAWN is a dystopian thriller for young adults and general readers