Troy Jones is dead. An agent named Zed, sent from the future, has assumed his identity in order to preserve the integrity of the past. Or so he believes. When his mission runs into several unforeseen difficulties, Zed begins to question everything about who he is, where he is from, and exactly what he is doing. Mullen skillfully strips away the veneer of what defines Zed’s reality, crafting an entertaining journey with a deliberately ambiguous conclusion.  

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Jason and Whit Fireson (dubbed the Firefly Brothers) are bank robbers during the Great Depression. Their exploits rivet the nation and frustrate the efforts of the fledgling Bureau of Investigations. When local police claim to have killed the Firesons, things seem to end—until the Firefly Brothers turn up again. Can these criminals even rob death? While the story is compelling, the lack of any clear resolution to the primary mystery might leave readers wanting more.  

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As the First World War rages half a world away, a small milling community in the northwest struggles to survive against a deadly flu outbreak. Mullen skillfully uses this backdrop to explore the lives of these millers, now quarantined from the outside world. Past regrets and future hopes are revealed and many characters are pushed beyond their breaking point. And when the quarantine is broken, is there any hope for survival? An excellent debut from Mullen.

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