She is the prophet, the pragmatist, the ass-kicker. The community’s shining light is Mostar, a survivor of the Balkan conflicts of the last century.
Moral fiber hits rock bottom in the character of Tony, the founder of the community, a charismatic Grizzly Man type whose phony charisma crumbles in the face of disaster. The personnel of Greenloop is the ultimate catalog of urbanite hubris, idealism, cluelessness and dormant heroism. The volcano of Mount Rainier is sleeping nearby, along with a family of sasquatch. Greenloop is a would-be environmental utopia (with all the modern amenities) established by a bunch of well-heeled city folks in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest forest. In Devolution, the author gives it another go, this time in microcosm. With his groundbreaking first novel, World War Z, Max Brooks adapted this timeless truth-the essence of The Iliad, King Lear, War and Peace, etc.-on a global scale (with zombies). When it collapses under violent threat, its citizens inevitably reveal their truest selves.
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