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The Survivors
384 pages
A tense, freezing race against time where psychic visions and fierce protective instincts collide in the unforgiving wilderness.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a biting Appalachian blizzard, where the chill of the elements is matched only by the creeping dread of being hunted. It is a propulsive, adrenaline-fueled experience that balances the stark, rugged reality of wilderness survival with the eerie, ethereal pull of psychic visions. The narrative moves with desperate urgency, pulling you alongside characters who are pushed to their absolute physical and emotional limits. Beneath the relentless suspense, there is a deep, warming core of protective instinct and earnest romance, offering a beacon of hope against the freezing dark. It will thoroughly delight readers who love their romantic suspense laced with high-stakes action, rugged landscapes, and a touch of the paranormal.
- Mood
- chilly
- tense
- rugged
- atmospheric
- Tone
- urgent
- earnest
- protective
- suspenseful
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- survival against the elements · trusting intuition · protective instincts · bonds forged in crisis
- The writing
- Direct and atmospheric, grounding the reader in the biting cold of the mountains and the sharp edge of adrenaline.
- The arc
- Moves from a chilling sense of dread and desperate urgency to hard-won trust and protective triumph.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave high-stakes wilderness survival stories laced with protective romance and a touch of the paranormal.
Content notes
- plane crash
- child in peril
- murder
- freezing and exposure
About the book
When a passenger plane goes down in the Appalachians, rescue teams start looking for survivors and discover that a five-year-old boy and a woman are missing. Twenty miles from the crash site, Deborah Sanborn has a vision of two survivors, cold, hurting and scared. Over the years she has learned to trust her gift, and she senses these strangers are in terrible danger. She sees a hunter, moving in for the kill.Four generations of O'Ryan men have gathered at the crash site, ready to search for the missing boy, Johnny O'Ryan. His forty-five-year-old grandfather Mike O'Ryan isn't sure what to make of Deborah, but with the snow coming down, sh's all they've got to lead them through the mountains. Because not only are they racing against time and the elements...they're up against a killer desperate to silence his only living witnesses to murder.
Description from Open Library.
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