The Shelter Cycle

“Riveting, suspenseful . . . Achieves a unique harmony between otherworldly beliefs and earthly realities.” – San Francisco Chronicle

"As luminous as it is sinister and innocent, The Shelter Cycle is a book not quite like any other. Peter Rock renders masterfully the ferocity and intensity of bonds between childhood friends as well as adults, coupling also the inescapable loneliness and yet hope within the human soul." Rick Bass, author of With Every Great Breath

"The Shelter Cycle is a stunning novel about faith and disillusionment and the lingering power of the past. In spare, lyrical prose, and with immense compassion . . . Rock's uncanny ability to combine mysticism with blunt realism is reminiscent of Flannery O'Connor." Tom Perrotta, author of Tracy Flick Can’t Win

"The Shelter Cycle is a beautifully crafted, beautifully felt novel. Rock's rendering of place is, as usual, flawless. He knows terrain so well, both geographical and human, where we hide and where we can be found. The writing is fierce, smart, and moving. This is the real deal." Percival Everett, author of James

"Certain writers are so unnervingly original their work secedes from our shared world and makes up a world of its own. With The Shelter Cycle it's clear that Peter Rock's world is the most singular and wondrous of them all." Susan Choi, author of Flashlight

"A remarkable, empathetic exploration of the nature of faith, meaning and happiness." —Laura Miller, Salon

"A beautifully lyrical, brooding and haunting tale of faith and faithfulness on the edge of civilization as we know it." —Shelf Awareness

"Peter Rock further demonstrates his literary finesse with this intense novel about two people who grew up with a spiritual clan bracing for the apocalypse. . . The real beauty in Rock’s narrative lies not in the carefully revealed secrets, but in the curious humanity within each of them." —Publishers Weekly, starred review 

"A metaphysically haunting, shape-shifting novel that keeps the reader off balance and can't be fully appreciated until its climax." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review 

"Expertly imagined, eminently readable, and inarguably haunting." —Booklist