
Others think they’re trapped in an unfathomable experiment. They are told where to work, how to live, and who to marry. None of the residents know how they got here. Nestled amidst picture-perfect mountains, the idyllic town is a modern-day Eden…except for the electrified fence and razor wire, snipers scoping everything 24/7, and the relentless surveillance tracking each word and gesture. – Wayward: Welcome to Wayward Pines, population 461. Why can’t he get any phone calls through to his wife and son in the outside world? Why doesn’t anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what is the purpose of the electrified fences surrounding the town? Are they meant to keep the residents in? Or something else out? Each step closer to the truth takes Ethan further from the world he thought he knew, from the man he thought he was, until he must face a horrifying fact-he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive.

As the days pass, Ethan’s investigation into the disappearance of his colleagues turns up more questions than answers. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels…off. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. – Pines: Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier.

Blake lives with his family in southwest Colorado. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 2000 with degrees in English and Creative Writing. Blake Crouch was born near the piedmont town of Statesville, North Carolina in 1978.
