Lost Everything is an apocalyptic science fiction novel by Brian Francis Slattery, published in 2012 by Tor Books.
[2] The novel takes place in an apocalyptic America plagued by civil war after fierce storms have decimated major cities.
[1] The novel follows Sunny Jim as he travels up a river with a group of other survivors in search of his wife and son.
"[1] Publishers Weekly compared the novel's themes to Cormac McCarthy's The Road, but wrote that the novel suffered from pacing problems and was morbid without sufficient relief.
[3] Woman's Day reviewer Alexandra Gekas disagreed that the novel lacked relief, writing "The people we meet [in the novel] certainly show intense cruelty, but there are also moments of profound kindness, small, but powerful gestures of love and a great sense of hope overriding hopelessness.