Named one of Library Journal's Best
Books of 2017
"Exceptional first novel."--Publishers Weekly, starred
review
"Will grip suspense aficionados from the first
page."--Library Journal, starred review
"A skillfully written, gripping
thriller."--Booklist
"Action-packed with breakneck
pacing."--Foreword Reviews
When a day trip out of Las Vegas with his wife takes a turn for the
worse, Jack is sure that he has the ability to get them home. But
he drove into something far beyond reason.
Rescue comes in the form of a desert hermit, but hope fades as the
couple comes to realize that the nomad has no intention of letting
them leave. A chance encounter with a kidnapped runaway and her
crazed abductor leads them all farther into the wilderness--and
closer to the cold brutality that isolation brings.
At the edge of his sanity, Jack begins to learn that playing by
another's rules may be the only way to survive.
In a voice that is as hypnotizing as a desert mirage, debut
novelist Samuel Parker entices readers down a dangerous road, where
the forces of good and evil are as crushing as the Mojave heat.
This is suspense in its purest, most unfiltered form.
Named one of Library Journal's Best
Books of 2017
"Exceptional first novel."--Publishers Weekly, starred
review
"Will grip suspense aficionados from the first
page."--Library Journal, starred review
"A skillfully written, gripping
thriller."--Booklist
"Action-packed with breakneck
pacing."--Foreword Reviews
When a day trip out of Las Vegas with his wife takes a turn for the
worse, Jack is sure he has the ability to get them home. But he has
driven into something far beyond reason.
Rescue comes in the form of a desert hermit, but hope fades as the
couple comes to realize that the nomad has no intention of letting
them leave. A chance encounter with a kidnapped runaway and her
crazed abductor leads them all farther into the wilderness--and
closer to the cold brutality that isolation brings.
At the edge of his sanity, Jack begins to learn that playing by
another's rules may be the only way to survive.
In a voice that is as hypnotizing as a desert mirage, debut
novelist Samuel Parker entices you down a treacherous road, where
the forces of good and evil are as crushing as the Mojave
heat.
"A taut and twisted race into the human heart; an absorbing
meditation on surviving the wilderness around us, as well as the
wilderness within."--Josh James Riebock, bestselling
author of Heroes and Monsters
"Parker brings a unique voice to fiction that is at once engaging
and unsettling. An exceptional read worthy of big-screen
adaptation."--Booker T. Mattison, filmmaker, author,
professor
Samuel Parker was born in the Michigan boondocks but was
raised on a never-ending road trip through the US. Besides writing,
he is a process junkie and the ex-guitarist for several metal bands
you've never heard of. He lives in West Michigan with his wife and
twin sons.
Samuel Parker was born in the Michigan boondocks but was raised on a never-ending road trip through the US. Besides writing, he is a process junkie and the ex-guitarist for several metal bands you've never heard of. He lives in West Michigan with his wife and twin sons.