A propulsive novel following the colliding paths of a Los Angeles fertility doctor and a radical activist as they conspire to revive an endangered species while searching for answers to their unraveling lives.

As a fertility specialist for the most affluent residents of Los Angeles, Dr. Rick Davidson’s job is to help create new life. But he’s finding it harder to believe in his profession’s worth or even, increasingly, himself. A divorce has left him estranged from his teenage daughter. His patients are starting to blend together. And now wildfires have broken out in the hills surrounding the city and are bearing down on his home.

On the other side of the country, in northern Florida, a young woman known as Z experiences a similar malaise. Having joined a radical environmental group in an effort to find purpose, she finds herself even more adrift when one of their actions goes horribly wrong. To atone for the tragedy, she concocts a wild scheme concerning an endangered rhinoceros that winds up relying on none other than Rick. The result of this improbable union offers both a chance at the renewed purpose they’re seeking—so long as they can stay alive, or at least out of prison.

The Last of My Kind is an action-packed, darkly humorous novel filled with ambitious, thought-provoking questions—including how to find hopefulness in existence while the world seemingly heads toward extinction.