Have never experienced a more unsympathetic protagonist as Poe. And while August is better, both of their actions are in believable. The story does not imply they are in shock, yet both go prompt stupid. Completely unable to identify with either of them. For instance Poe is a grown woman facing known hazardous things and protecting a baby. Yet she never once thinks, even thinks, a gun might be necessary. BS even for the most ardent gun control fanatics. The characters were agonizing. The dogs getting killed? I worry about the person that wrote this. I finally threw the phone down. Ugh