The incendiaries - R. O. Kwon

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Now a National Bestseller Religion, politics, and love collide in this slim but powerful novel reminiscent of Donna Tartt's The Secret History , with menace and mystery lurking in every corner.

-- People Magazine The most buzzed-about debut of the summer, as it should be.

unusual and enticing .

The Incendiaries arrives at precisely the right moment.

-- The Washington Post Radiant.

A dark, absorbing story of how first love can be as intoxicating and dangerous as religious fundamentalism.

-- New York Times Book Review A powerful, darkly glittering novel of violence, love, faith, and loss, as a young woman at an elite American university is drawn into a cult's acts of terrorism.

Phoebe Lin and Will Kendall meet in their first month at prestigious Edwards University.

Phoebe is a glamorous girl who doesn't tell anyone she blames herself for her mother's recent death.

Will is a misfit scholarship boy who transfers to Edwards from Bible college, waiting tables to get by.

What he knows for sure is that he loves Phoebe.

Grieving and guilt-ridden, Phoebe is drawn into a secretive cult founded by a charismatic former student with an enigmatic past.

When the group commits a violent act in the name of faith, Will finds himself struggling to confront a new version of the fanaticism he's worked so hard to escape.

Haunting and intense, The Incendiaries is a fractured love story that explores what can befall those who lose what they love most.