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When eighteen-year-old Caitlin Courtland disappears while out for a morning run, her parents embark on a harrowing journey down increasingly divergent and solitary paths where they must answer some difficult questions to find the truth.
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I've read many variations on this theme, some quite good, but never one as powerful as Tim Johnston's" Descent" . . . The story unfolds brilliantly, always surprisingly, but the glory of "Descent "lies not in its plot but in the quality of the writing. The magic of his prose equals the horror of Johnston's story; each somehow enhances the other . . . Read this astonishing novel. It's the best of both worlds. --The Washington Post
Outstanding . . . The days when you had to choose between a great story and a great piece of writing? Gone. --Esquire
Tim Johnston's high-wire literary thriller . . . will leave you gasping. --Vanity Fair
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Outstanding . . . The days when you had to choose between a great story and a great piece of writing? Gone. --Esquire
Tim Johnston's high-wire literary thriller . . . will leave you gasping. --Vanity Fair
"Read this astonishing novel . . . The magic of his prose equals the horror of Johnston's story." --The Washington Post
The Rocky Mountains have cast their spell over the Courtlands, who are taking a family vacation before their daughter leaves for college. But when Caitlin and her younger brother, Sean, go out for an early morning run and only Sean returns, the mountains become as terrifying as they are majestic.
Written with a precision that captures every emotion, every moment of fear, as each member of the family searches for answers, Descent races like an avalanche toward its heart-pounding conclusion.
"A compelling thriller that is both creepy and literary . . . Descent is not just a mystery. It is an emotional story of evil, fear, acceptance and irony."--The Denver Post
"What makes the novel unforgettable is its sense of character, its deliberate, unadorned prose and Johnston's unflinching exploration of human endurance, physical and psychological." --Miami Herald
"A super-charged, addictive read." --The Missourian
"An original and psychologically deep thriller." --Outside magazine
"Outstanding . . . The days when you had to choose between a great story and a great piece of writing? Gone." --Esquire
"[A] dazzling debut . . . Exquisitely crafted." --The Dallas Morning News
"Incredibly powerful, richly atmospheric."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
" [An] engulfing thriller-cum-western." --The New York Times Book Review
"Brilliant . . . As gripping as any Everest expedition." --Peter Heller, author of The Dog Stars
The Rocky Mountains have cast their spell over the Courtlands, who are taking a family vacation before their daughter leaves for college. But when Caitlin and her younger brother, Sean, go out for an early morning run and only Sean returns, the mountains become as terrifying as they are majestic.
Written with a precision that captures every emotion, every moment of fear, as each member of the family searches for answers, Descent races like an avalanche toward its heart-pounding conclusion.
"A compelling thriller that is both creepy and literary . . . Descent is not just a mystery. It is an emotional story of evil, fear, acceptance and irony."--The Denver Post
"What makes the novel unforgettable is its sense of character, its deliberate, unadorned prose and Johnston's unflinching exploration of human endurance, physical and psychological." --Miami Herald
"A super-charged, addictive read." --The Missourian
"An original and psychologically deep thriller." --Outside magazine
"Outstanding . . . The days when you had to choose between a great story and a great piece of writing? Gone." --Esquire
"[A] dazzling debut . . . Exquisitely crafted." --The Dallas Morning News
"Incredibly powerful, richly atmospheric."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
" [An] engulfing thriller-cum-western." --The New York Times Book Review
"Brilliant . . . As gripping as any Everest expedition." --Peter Heller, author of The Dog Stars
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- PublisherThorndike Press
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1410477916
- ISBN 13 9781410477910
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages625
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