"Every summer needs a superb thriller, and this is it. A story of three generations of women making their way through an America ravaged by violence, this is also a wonderful narrative about liberation and perseverance."--The Boston Globe

"Dawson's prose is a kind of knife work: short, sharp stabs after agonies of teeth-clenching tension. . . . Dizzyingly effective . . . It's impossible not to read."--The New York Times Book Review

"Enthusiastically suggest to readers who enjoyed the table-turning feminism of Naomi Alderman's The Power, the band-of-survivors theme in Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven, and the emotional journey of Victor LaValle's The Changeling."--Booklist (starred review)

"[A] smart, fast-paced thrill ride."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"The Violence is a novel that will stand out for its intelligence, for its compassion, for its 'un-put-down-able-ness.' . . . It is the kind of novel that will stand the test of time."--SFF World

"A propulsive redemption story."--Library Journal

"A paean to the resilience of women . . . The Violence could not be more of-the-moment."--Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger and The Deep

"A piercing examination of survival, courage, and self, terrifying and hopeful in equal measure."--Peng Shepherd, award-winning author of The Book of M

"A gorgeously creative and surprisingly gleeful story about the way violence infects every aspect of American life."--Sarah Langan, author of Good Neighbors

"A stellar thriller full of danger, courage, and characters who feel alive."--Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Road of Bones and Ararat

"The Violence is Dawson at her best: unflinching yet empathetic, the brutal and the gentle side by side, rage and despair tempered with joy and hope."--Kevin Hearne, New York Times bestselling author of the Ink & Sigil series

"A compulsively readable fusion of domestic thriller and modern horror that shocks and surprises at every turn. A must-read!"--Kameron Hurley, author of The Light Brigade

"A staggering, masterful tale of survival and redemption during a literal epidemic of violence. Dawson is a storyteller working at the top of her class."--Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers

"Visceral, thrilling . . . A novel paced like a fistfight, aching like a just-gone tooth--but there's hope in the harrowing."--Max Gladstone, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author

"The Violence isn't just a timely, ripping thriller--it's an intimate, thoughtful, heart-wrenching portrait of abuse and power, and how those things ripple through generations."--Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse