This was just an exhausting read. The author is in love with run on sentences that feel repetitive and dull. Comparisons with Cormac McCarthy feel way off the mark - instead of presenting action in simple, tight prose, the focus is on describing each uninteresting thought going through each boring character's head. The motivation behind character actions make no sense and feel manufactured to create tension and place them in illogical dramas. There might have been the germ of a good novel here, but it was wasted.