Caretaker of Lorne Field

Dave Zeltsermans last novel was named by NPR as one of the top five crime and mystery novels of 2008 and one of The Washington Posts best books of the year. Publishers Weekly in a starred review said his breakthrough third crime novel deserves comparison with the best of James Ellroy. And Crimetime calls him a name to watch. Now Zeltserman has written the book his fans have been waiting for?a classic unlike anything youve ever read. Jack Durkin is the ninth generation of Durkins who have weeded Lorne Field for nearly 300 years. Though he and his wife Lydia are miserable and would like nothing more than to leave Jack must wait until his son has come of age to tend the field on his own. Its an important job though no one else seems to realize it. For if the field is left untended a horrific monster called an Aukowie will grow?a monster capable of taking over the entirety of America in just two weeks. Or so it is said. . .