Burn Coast

In "The Ark," journalist Will Specter finds himself embroiled in the mystery of Zoë Vanderlip's disappearance in the isolated community of McGee Ridge, perched on the rugged Northern California coast. As an outsider in a world dominated by illegal cannabis farming, he teams up with the enigmatic grower Daniel Likowski to uncover the truth amid the community's turbulent dynamics, steeped in past idealism and current conflicts. This atmospheric rural noir by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dale Maharidge explores the foundational struggles of a society existing on the fringes of modern America.