Faraday's Orphans — N. Lee Wood

N. Lee Wood won acclaim with her electrifying debut novel, Looking for the Mandi, a heart-stopping thriller set in a futuristic Middle East. Now, she brings us to the barren wasteland of a post-holocaust America, where the few remaining cities survive inside protective domes. When Berk Nielsen, a helicopter pilot, becomes stranded on the Outside, he finds himself at the mercy of the burning sun and dangerous clans who carve out a primitive existence beyond the confines of the domes. What he doesn't expect to encounter is a companion--a wild young girl who calls herself Sadonya. And the freedom that he never realized he desired...