BLISS TO BULLETS: . Meeting by chance at a Pearl Jam concert in Mountain View, Camilla Montez Huxtable and Lawrence Knapp receive their master's degrees from Santa Clara and Stanford, ski together in the Sierras, sun on Martin's Beach, and marry in the Catalina chapel in Monterrey. He moves from computer-related jobs to Google and then a Venture capital firm on Sand Hill Road, while she teaches natural science to elementary grades. Like thousands of young Millennials seeking relief from the tensions of Silicon Valley, Larry and Camilla investigate alternatives and select Boise, Idaho, whose lush riverside location offers affordable homes on historic tree-lined streets and year-round recreational opportunities for their young daughter and son. On a downtown storefront, Larry founds Boise's first venture capital company for local start-ups, while Camilla moves from substitute teaching at Washington School to founding a natural science center. Their years of blissful living are countered by Trump-inspired renegades from Idaho's Panhandle. Adrian Marchetti Moore, hard to admit the PTSD he'd suffered after an IED attack in Iraq, lives in Priest River on his disability check and EBT food card, spending afternoons at Pluto's Bar. Joined by sawmill workers Andy and Chuck, Adrian moves to a remote summer cottage above Priest Lake, where the three hold target practice out of public earshot. Inspired by local racists like Brother Nathaniel and leftovers from the Aryan Nation, Adrian pulls together the most militant of the anti-government activists and forms a militia. They take over the state.
