The Crazies

”[A] tale of greed and grit…. If you didn’t have an opinion about billionaires in this country right now, you surely will after reading this book.” –The Colorado Sun “A Western drama with enough twists, clashes, and colorful characters to rival Yellowstone.” –Cowboys & Indians“Amy Gamerman’s riveting narrative reads like Yellowstone meets Matlock. This gripping story of a dispute over land rights is also a tale of the ongoing struggle to both preserve and exploit the American West.” –Tom Clavin, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of The Heart of Everything That Is“An absolutely wild ride through the untamed frontier of American culture. Gamerman brings alive the modern West in a breakneck story that’s outlandish but also almost mythically familiar. It turns out that the old fights over the frontier and the nature of American freedom aren’t over.” –Christopher Leonard, New York Times bestselling author of The Lords of Easy Money“It’s impossible to say what’s more compelling about this marvelous book: the story itself–an epic tale of greed, resilience, and hypocrisy playing out against the backdrop of one of the most stunningly gorgeous pieces of real estate in the entire world–or the skill with which Amy Gamerman has masterfully woven a set of complex themes into narrative that boasts all the page-turning compulsiveness of a true-to-life thriller.” –Kevin Fedarko, New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Park “Ms. Gamerman… conveys the craziness of this saga with empathy and vivid detail.” –The Wall Street Journal“Empire of Pain, but for the Wild West.” –Amazon Book Review, Editors’ Pick“The Crazies has the sweep of The Grapes of Wrath and the storytelling power of Wallace Stegner’s The Big Rock Candy Mountain.” –Rinker Buck, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Oregon Trail“Excellent. A timely telling of change and inequality in the American West with reporting I trust, characters I’m drawn to, and writing that sparkles.” –Anna Sale, host of the podcast Death, Sex & Money and author of Let’s Talk About Hard Things“A fascinating story about the new energy economy. If you want to understand why change does–or doesn’t–happen in America, read The Crazies.” –Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction

Amy Gamerman has written about real estate and culture for The Wall Street Journal for more than two decades. The Crazies is her first book.