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On the banks of the Missouri River, the town of Yellow Earth and the Three Nations reservation prepare for an invasion--the ground beneath their feet is loaded with readily frackable shale oil and the minions of corporate energy are rushing to extract it. Tribal Chairman Harleigh Kildeer welcomes Big Oil with open arms, while county sheriff Will Crowder has to deal with the overnight influx of roughnecks, truckers, drug dealers, and sex workers.

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John Sayles is a living master. Yellow Earth reminds me what novels are for. -- Jennifer Haigh, author of Heat and Light Sayles expresses his compassion and concern for those who struggle with poverty and prejudice, seeking both to provoke and entertain. -- Booklist (starred review) Sayles has created a tale of people and place bewitched and bedeviled by money and power, ultimately convinced to join in the destruction of their lands and their lives. Not only is his story believable, it could easily be a work of nonfiction. -- Counter Punch

"""John Sayles is a living master. Yellow Earth reminds me what novels are for."" -- ""Jennifer Haigh, author of Heat and Light"" ""Sayles expresses his compassion and concern for those who struggle with poverty and prejudice, seeking both to provoke and entertain."" -- ""Booklist (starred review)"" ""Sayles has created a tale of people and place bewitched and bedeviled by money and power, ultimately convinced to join in the destruction of their lands and their lives. Not only is his story believable, it could easily be a work of nonfiction."" -- ""Counter Punch"""

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Gary Tiedemann is a Florida and New York-based narrator, but learned how to act in Chicago's improv, sketch-comedy, and theater scene. He came to audiobook narration after voicing countless commercials and videos over a twenty-year voice-over career. Gary has also appeared in hundreds of improv and sketch performances at Chicago's Annoyance Theatre, iO, The Second City, and in dozens of theater roles as a cofounder of The New Colony Theatre. When Gary is not in a booth, he is probably outside wondering if there is time to go camping. John Sayles works as a fiction writer, screenwriter, actor, and feature film director. His novel Union Dues was nominated for the National Book Award and the National Critics' Circle Award. He has written over a hundred screenplays and was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has directed eighteen feature films. His films Matewan and Lone Star, as well as his novel A Moment in the Sun, are often used for instruction in history and American studies courses.

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