One Degree of Separation by Karin Kallmaker

Shes traveled to the Arctic and Antarctica, and host of places in between. Born in the mountains of the west, raised in the heartland, and educated in the south, shes been a sergeant in the United States Air Force, a scientist, and an environmental attorney. About the Author Bev Prescotts road to the place she calls home has been long and winding. In the end, Sharon must face her greatest challenge-risking all that she loves for something much greater than herself. Together, this ragtag group battle horrific storms, an unrelenting desert, terrifying criminal gangs, feral humans, and the Strelitzia. Along the way, she teams up with an Inuit refugee boy, a stray dog named Erik the Red, an eccentric former school teacher, a jujitsu master, an Argentinian opera star, and a brilliant scientist who leads an alliance of eclectic people known as the Qaunik. Sharon sets out on a harrowing journey across North America to rescue Eve. Sharon learns that her best kept secrets are known and coveted by a man known as the Strelitzia-a coldly practical villain. Everything suddenly changes when Eve is kidnapped and the Ryans are murdered.

Once a month, Sharon and Eve travel from Maine to Boston to trade apples with Dr. Ryan, a long-time confidant, and his wife, Areva. The only other people who know of her secret, or so she thinks, is Dr. Sharon Clausen, a self-reliant farmer, has a secret apple tree-a tree that keeps Sharon and her wife, Eve, fed. Storms, disease, famine, thirst and war show no mercy on the living. Book Synopsis In the year 2092, climate change has transformed the face of Earth. About the Book In a desperate race against time, one woman risks everything she holds dear to save the life of the woman she loves.

One Degree of Separation by Karin Kallmaker