The Trouble Up North BOTY_2025 is that in 50 years’

is that in 50 years’ time this book will not resemble a record of a lost world

war crimes

Of course Zatanna's birthday got magically messed up

Created in consultation with the cast of Critical Role

And bring an already wounded country to its knees

The Trouble Up North BOTY_2025 is that in 50 years’An NPR Best Book of the Year 2025 An atmospheric, haunting novel about the Sawbrooks, a family of bootleggers with a troubled history and a deep connection to the Michigan land that binds them. The Sawbrooks have spent decades crisscrossing the waterways and vast forests between Northern Michigan and Canada to make their way as smugglers. Those hidden routes through the border's nooks and crannies are their legacy, but they no longer pay the bills.