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WHAT FOLLOWS US
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A NOVEL
by J. M. Berkley and D. G. McNicholas
Some choices do not end when they are made.
COMING OCTOBER 20, 2026
ABOUT THE NOVEL
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Some choices do not end when they are made.
Jonathan Hampton and Douglas Sanders grew up together in working-class New Jersey, raised on loyalty, ambition, and the belief that hard work would build them a better life. But adulthood brings pressure, disappointment, and choices that feel less like freedom than survival.
As one desperate decision leads to another, the line between protecting the people they love and becoming the men they never meant to be begins to disappear. Years later, on the day Jonathan tries to reclaim a future with the woman he loves, a devastating blast in a Manhattan mall drags the past into the open and forces every choice to its final reckoning.
What Follows Us is a gripping literary crime novel about friendship, guilt, love, ambition, and the dangerous cost of crossing a line you can never uncross.
Available October 20, 2026
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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J. M. Berkley and D. G. McNicholas met during their freshman year of college in 1997 and have remained close friends ever since. Both New Jersey natives, they set out to create a story that would entertain, surprise, and leave an emotional imprint long after the final page. What Follows Us is their debut novel.
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