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NEVER FAR AWAY

Michael Koryta

Koryta, called a "master" by Stephen King and "outstanding" by Lee Child, returns in NEVER FAR AWAY with his latest gripping story of danger and adventure. Told with the deft plotting and enthralling storytelling of writer at the top of his genre, two captivating chase narratives converge along the rugged Allagash River, in the wilds of Maine, where the wills, morals, and ingenuity of a broken family will be tested against all odds.
Once a wife, mother, and witness to a gruesome crime, Leah Trenton was extended a miraculous olive branch in the form of the state's protected witness program. But for this second chance at life, Leah would have to leave behind her Midwestern roots for the northernmost tip of Maine. Alone and isolated along the banks of the Allagash River, she is determined to focus on the present, on her reclaimed future, but the demons of her past, are relentlessly chipping away at Leah's protected hideaway.

Meanwhile, in the wake of their father's untimely death, Leah's children are sent to stay with her, though they are desperate to return back home. They embark on a cross country homeward journey but before they reach their destination, danger finds them and it is Leah who must come out of her seclusion to search for and protect her children.

Told with the deft plotting and enthralling storytelling of a genre master, these two captivating chase narratives will converge along the rugged Allagash River, in the wilds of Maine, where the wills, morals, and ingenuity of a broken family will be tested against all odds.

Michael Koryta is the New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels, including If She Wakes, How It Happened, So Cold the River, and Those Who Wish Me Dead, which will be released as a major motion picture in November 2020 by Twenty-First Century Fox, starring Angelina Jolie and directed by Taylor Sheridan. Translated into more than twenty languages, Koryta's thrillers have been New York Times notable books, national bestsellers, and have been nominated for numerous awards, including having won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Koryta is a former private investigator and newspaper reporter.
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Published 2021-02-09 by Little Brown

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Koryta's expert plotting is on full display as he masterfully introduces one intriguing character after another, weaving their stories together while leading all of them - and the reader - to a stunning finale. NEVER FAR AWAY is a must-read for thriller fans.

A new Koryta is an automatic must-read for me, but seriously - this one is special. What a ride! It might be the best thriller you'll read this year.

Michael Koryta is a powerful and masterful writer with bone-deep understanding of his characters, and a gift for perfectly- paced suspense. With its transporting sense of place, and elegantly layered but utterly breathless story, NEVER FAR AWAY is the raw, emotional, and riveting work of a craftsman at the top of his game. By far one of the best books I've read this year.

In this complex, surprising, and totally satisfying suspense novel, all of the moving parts, every character, every scene leads to one of the best showdowns I've read in years.

A stellar thriller... Well-developed characters enhance the high-octane plot. Fans of nail-biting suspense will be in heaven.

Koryta has crafted another shivery story with a killer of a start and a nail-biting ending... yet without scrimping on the heart and humanity of the characters, both good and evil.

Outstanding in every way, and a guaranteed thriller-of-the-year... Stephen King would be proud of the set up, Cormac McCarthy would be proud of the writing, and I would be proud of the action. Don't you dare miss it.

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