Welcome to Wayward Pines, population 461. Nestled amid 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. None of the residents know how they got here. They are told where to work, how to live, and who to marry. Some believe they are dead. Others think they’re trapped in an unfathomable experiment. Everyone secretly dreams of leaving, but those who dare face a terrifying surprise. Ethan Burke has seen the world beyond. He’s sheriff and one of the few who knows the truth: Wayward Pines isn’t just a town. And what lies on the other side of the fence is a nightmare beyond anyone’s imagining.
Fan-freaking tastic! I was lucky enough to get an advance copy from Mr Crouch and devoured (the only term that fits here) the book within one sitting (as I did with Pines). I finished wanting Blake to not only have started, but to be finished with the third one already! What a cliff hanger ending.. I want more more more! I can’t wait till the Pines tv show on Fox in 2014! Don’t want to give away too much.. but how would you like living in a town where you have no privacy? Where every room in your house has…
Good but Not Great, and Without a Proper Ending Sometimes second novels in trilogies play the role of set up for either the grand finale in the third book, or are primarily exposition to further expand reader understanding prior to substantive action in book three. This book was a combination of both. Following the full throttle of “Pines”, it felt slow and rather disjointed due to way the multiple story arcs were put together.Â
“Excellent Intense Thriller”………”Part 2″…….. I have been a long time fan of author, Blake Crouch since I read his short story and interview in “Cemetery Dance Magazine” many years ago..This was before his books were even released electrionically..I searched and bought every book he had written..He has never disappointed me and he continues not to with this excellent, very intense thriller..I will say this book continues almost exactly where you left off in “The Pines” which I thought you couldn’t TOP but he just did with part 2 of the…