Dog Stars
E-book, Czech
Dog Stars
The bestselling book that was adapted for film
Forty-year-old Hig doesn't have much left in the world—just an old Cessna, memories, and his dog. As one of the few survivors of a devastating flu epidemic, he and his neighbour, Bangley, a gun fanatic, try to fend off raids from thieves and thugs at a dilapidated airfield. Hig regularly surveys the surroundings from his plane, until one day he catches a fragment of a strange transmission on the radio. Since then, he has been haunted by a question: is there any hope of finding other ordinary people nearby? Neighbours he could talk to, who wouldn't want to rob or kill him? But leaving the safe perimeter and venturing into the unknown wilderness is a damned dangerous undertaking, and Hig hesitates—until the day he seemingly has nothing left to lose…
In the novel The Dog Stars, which echoes the works of London, Melville, and Hemingway and has been compared to McCarthy's The Road, an adventurous plot blends with timeless reflections on the meaning of friendship, belonging, and humanity.
The book was the basis for the film Looking up to the Stars from the summer of 2026, directed by the experienced director Ridley Scott.
Peter Heller
Peter Heller (born 1959) is an American writer, journalist, and adventurer. Before becoming a novelist, he was primarily a renowned author of adventure non-fiction. He has completed several kayaking expeditions (the Pamirs, the Caucasus, Central America, Peru), regularly contributed to National Geographic, surfed the entire west coast of California, participated in an expedition to Antarctica against whaling ships, and drew attention to the killing of dolphins in protected areas through secret filming. He earned his MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop (in both fiction and poetry).
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