We Burned So Bright

A LibraryReads pick! An Indie Next pick! A Spotify and Apple Best Books of the Year So Far! Most anticipated from People Magazine, The Portalist, Nerd Daily, Page Six, Parade, Spokesman Review. Featured in: The New York Times, SFF Insiders, New Scientist, Nerd Daily, Reactor, Goodreads, IGN, and Gizmodo. A heart-wrenching standalone novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, We Burned So Bright follows an elder gay couple on an end-of-the-world road-trip. The road stretched out before them. No other cars, just the headlights on the blacktop. Above, the cracked moon in a kaleidoscope sky.... Husbands Don and Rodney have lived a good long life. Together they've experienced the highest highs of love and family, and lows so low that they felt like the end of the world. Now, the world is ending for real. A rogue black hole is coming for Earth and in a month everything and everyone they've ever known will be gone. Suddenly, after 40 years together, Don and Rodney are out of time. They're in a race against the clock to make it from Maine to Washington State to take care of some unfinished business before it's all over. On the road they meet those who refuse to believe death is coming and those who rush to meet it. But there are also people living their final days as best they know how-impromptu weddings, bright burning bonfires, shared meals, and new friends. And as the black hole draws near, among ball lightning and under a cracked moon in a kaleidoscope sky, Don and Rodney will look back on their lives and ask if their best was good enough. Is it enough to burn bright if nothing comes from the ashes? Other TPG Books by TJ Klune The Cerulean Chronicles The House in the Cerulean Sea Somewhere Beyond the Sea The Green Creek Series Wolfsong Ravensong Heartsong Brothersong Standalones The Bones Beneath My Skin Under the Whispering Door In the Lives of Puppets We Burned So Bright Murmuration Into This River I Drown How to Be a Normal Person BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS The Extraordinaries Series The Extraordinaries Flash Fire Heat Wave

TJ KLUNE is the #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, Under the Whispering Door, In the Lives of Puppets, the Green Creek Series for adults, the Extraordinaries Series for teens, and more. Being queer himself, Klune believes it's important-now more than ever-to have accurate, positive queer representation in stories.