The Dog Stars - Peter Heller

Hig survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knew. He lives in a small abandoned airport with his aging dog Jasper and the mercurial, gun-toting Bangley.

When a transmission comesthrough the radio of his Cessna, the voice ignites a hope that a better life exists outside.

Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return only to find something that is both better and worse than anything he could hope for.