Nature’s green power is scouring Michigan clean—of infection, warlords, and the chaos of societal collapse. A Healer has emerged, new alliances are forged, yet the danger—especially for Miin on Beaver Island—has never been greater.

In Sudden Quiet: Book III, Panzerland implodes, even as Red Hand militias tighten their grip. Meanwhile, Mukwa and Shaggy journey through Detroit and the Ohio borderlands seeking to rescue the ELF extremist, Nighthawk, from Dr. Schark. Trouble is brewing back on Beaver Island: a witch has been caught. It is up to the next generation of tree-talkers to save their beloved teacher.

The Scouring is a climactic finish to the Sudden Quiet series, providing readers hope, not just for the dystopian world of the trilogy, but for our own.