The Walk (Five Star First Edition Mystery Series) - Hardcover

Goldberg, Lee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159414110X ISBN 13: 9781594141102

Publisher: Five Star Westerns, 2004

Synopsis

It's one minute after the Big One. Marty Slack, a TV network executive, crawls out from under his Mercedes, parked outside what once was a downtown Los Angeles warehouse, the location for a new TV show. Downtown LA is in ruins. The sky is thick with black smoke. His cell phone is dead. The freeways are rubble. The airport is demolished. Buildings lay across streets like fallen trees. It will be days before help can arrive.

Marty has been expecting this day all his life. He's prepared. In his car are a pair of sturdy walking shoes and a backpack of food, water, and supplies. He knows there is only one thing he can do...that he must do: get home to his wife Beth, go back to their gated community on the far edge of the San Fernando Valley. All he has to do is walk. But he will quickly learn that it's not that easy.

His dangerous, unpredictable journey home will take him through the different worlds of what was once Los Angeles. Wildfires rage out of control. Flood waters burst through collapsed dams. Natural gas explosions consume neighborhoods. Sinkholes swallow entire buildings. After-shocks rip apart the ground. Looters rampage through the streets. There's no power. No running water. No order.

Marty Slack thinks he's prepared. He's wrong. Nothing can prepare him for this ordeal, a quest for his family and for his soul, a journey that will test the limits of his endurance and his humanity, a trek from the man he was to the man he can be...if he can survive The Walk.

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About the Author

Lee Goldberg is a New York Times bestselling author and a two-time Edgar Award nominee. His TV writing and/or producing credits include "Hunter," "SeaQuest," "Spenser For Hire," "Diagnosis Murder," "The Glades," and "Monk." His books include "King City," "Watch me Die," the "Diagnosis Murder" and "Monk" series of original mystery novels. He's also the author, with Janet Evanovich, of the Fox & O'Hare series of international #1 bestsellers, including "Pros & Cons," "The Heist" and "The Chase."

Synopsis

Written by Lee Goldberg. Marty Slack, TV network executive, crawls out from under his Mercedes. Downtown LA is in ruins. His phone is dead. Marty must get home to his wife. All he has to do is walk. But looters rampage the streets: his journey is dangerous, unpredictable. Nothing can prepare Marty for this ordeal, a quest for his family and his soul, a trek from the man he was to the man he can be ...if he can survive The Walk.

Edition details

• Publisher: Five Star Westerns
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159414110X
• ISBN 13: 9781594141102
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 239