Endorsements — JOSHUA VEITH

We as the Anishinaabe Nation know such things as prophetic dreams and channeling knowledge from the stars is as real as the nose on your face. Joshua Veith has told a tale that will come to be known as the time of the great culling. This book will send shivers of truth down your spine.

Courtney Miller, medicine person, activist, and dancer.
Joshua Veith puts northern Michigan on the map with his dystopian thriller, Island and Main, where a plucky band of holdouts on Beaver Island wage a last stand against the collapse of civilization in the aftermath of a viral epidemic. Veith offers a heady blend of speculative fiction, horror, hard science and Native wisdom, written with the deft hand of a poet.

Robert Downes, author of The Wolf and The Willow
Island and Main mesmerizes with its Tolkien references, Anishinaabe culture, local lore and historic maps. The first book of Joshua Veith’s Sudden Quiet series is spellbinding, bringing readers to eerily familiar places scarred by what might have been.

Jennifer Harsha Carroll, artist, writer, editor. Charlevoix, Michigan
I commend anyone intrepid enough to imagine an American future in these dark and uncertain times. Island and Main is a deeply felt visit to that strange time-to-come. It made me want to try living there for a spell.

James Howard Kunstler, author of the World Made by Hand novels
As documentary filmmakers we strive to anticipate the future and record the present, Joshua Veith has done this in a dark and powerful way. His debut novel, Island and Main, creates a cinematic world that will captivate readers of all genres. Veith has crafted a beautiful novel filled with deep character development and fulfilling storylines that makes it hard to put down.

Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz, Emmy winning directors of Trophy and Immigration Nation
Quality writing, just like brewing beer, demands attention to detail and appreciation of place. Joshua Veith excels at both of these in his hyper-regional trilogy, Sudden Quiet. We especially appreciated his inclusion of Joe's handlebar mustache and Veith's trippy recipe for 'ELF Ale,' a brew we might have to replicate!

Joe and Leah Short, award winning founders of Short's Brewing in Bellaire, Michigan

We as the Anishinaabe Nation know such things as prophetic dreams and channeling knowledge from the stars is as real as the nose on your face. Joshua Veith has told a tale that will come to be known as the time of the great culling. This book will send shivers of truth down your spine.

Island and Main mesmerizes with its Tolkien references, Anishinaabe culture, local lore and historic maps. The first book of Joshua Veith’s Sudden Quiet series is spellbinding, bringing readers to eerily familiar places scarred by what might have been.

I commend anyone intrepid enough to imagine an American future in these dark and uncertain times. Island and Main is a deeply felt visit to that strange time-to-come. It made me want to try living there for a spell.

Joshua Veith