THE LOW DESERT won’t hit shelves until February 2, 2021 but you can pre-order it right now:
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Should we hear what people are saying about it? Yes, we should.

“Tod Goldberg is a terrific writer, and The Low Desert is a smart, surprising page turner.” —Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of THE FORCE

“There is something inherently violent about living in the California desert, about the imposition of human will—swimming pools and lush green lawns, air-conditioned palaces, and rolling golf courses—on an inhospitable, rust red, hard-as-stone landscape that otherwise seems indifferent to your suffering—be it from the punishing heat or the grifters and gangsters who’ve been drawn to the desert for generations. Tod Goldberg understands this and has written a collection of stories that are keenly observed, wryly funny, and heart-wrenching in equal measure. If wisdom can be gleaned from taking a sharp look at the human impulse toward violence, then Tod Goldberg is one of this nation’s sagest storytellers.” — Attica Locke, Edgar Award-winning author of BLUEBIRD, BLUEBIRD

“Tod Goldberg’s stories are full of humor, pathos, and sharp knife-twists of plot and insight. Featuring personal mini-apocalypses, decisions and best laid plans that have gone horribly awry, and heartbreakingly authentic characters broken by violence, longing, and hope, The Low Desert packs a heady, emotional wallop. More of this, please.” — Paul Tremblay, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS and THE LITTLE SLEEP

“The Low Desert blew me away. It’s an astonishingly rich collection of stories–harrowing and hopeful, gritty and funny, elegiac and electrifying, and always, always, deeply human. Tod Goldberg has written a book that’s impossible to put down and impossible to forget.” –Lou Berney, Edgar Award-winning author of NOVEMBER ROAD and THE LONG AND FARAWAY GONE

“The Low Desert is a powerhouse. Each story is finely crafted and flawlessly executed–gripping, surprising, and satisfying. Goldberg finds humanity in what others overlook, beauty in what many ignore. He seamlessly marries violence and grace to understand both the root and the aftermath of crime. And in doing so he tells a damn fine tale over and again.” –Ivy Pochoda, award-winning author of THESE WOMEN and WONDER VALLEY