“Rapture is a marvel of compression and packs the punch of a 300-page novel. The writing is exquisite and the story a brutal and beautiful exploration of the devastating extent a child will go to find an approximation of security and love and a sense of meaning.”

— Lily King, author of Writers & Lovers and Euphoria

“In magnificently stark and evocative prose, Rapture tells the story of a lonely youth who joins a tribe of lost boys led by an enigmatic veteran waiting for the end of the world. Reid Sherline wields each sharply-honed sentence like a knife, cutting through the camouflage of masculinity, and exposing the desperate need in each of our hearts to find a place to belong.”

— Hannah Tinti, author of The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley and The Good Thief