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Zusatztext 'Fast-paced with multiple threats! genuine tension and lots of machine guns." Informationen zum Autor Andrew Klavan is an award-winning writer, screenwriter, and media commentator. An internationally bestselling novelist and two-time Edgar Award-winner, Klavan is also a contributing editor to City Journal , the magazine of the Manhattan Institute, and the host of a popular podcast on DailyWire.com, The Andrew Klavan Show . His essays and op-eds on politics, religion, movies, and literature have appeared in the Wall Street Journal , the New York Times , the Washington Post , the LA Times , and elsewhere. Zusammenfassung They came on a mission of mercy! but now they’re in a fight for their lives. High schooler Will Peterson and three friends journeyed to Central America to help rebuild a school. In a poor! secluded mountain village! they won the hearts of the local people with their energy and kindness. But in one sudden moment! everything went horribly wrong. A revolution swept the country. Now! guns and terror are everywhere—and Americans are being targeted as the first to die. Will and his friends have got to get out fast. But streets full of killers . . .hills patrolled by armies . . . and a jungle rife with danger stand between them and the border. Their one hope of escape lies with a veteran warrior who has lost his faith and may betray them at any moment. Their one dream is to reach freedom and safety and home. If they can just survive.
A propos de l'auteur
Andrew Klavan was hailed by Stephen King as "the most original novelist of crime and suspense since Cornell Woolrich." He is the recipient of two Edgar Awards and the author of such bestsellers as
True Crime and
Don't Say a Word.
Résumé
They came on a mission of mercy. Now they're in a fight for their lives. New York Times bestselling author Andrew Klavan delivers a heart-pounding story of what happens when a seemingly noble adventure that turns into a survival nightmare.
High schooler Will Peterson and three friends journeyed to Central America to help rebuild a school. In a poor, secluded mountain village, they won the hearts of the local people with their energy and kindness.
But in one sudden moment, everything went horribly wrong. A revolution swept the country. Now, guns and terror are everywhere--and Americans are being targeted as the first to die.
Will and his friends have got to get out fast. But streets full of killers . . . hills patrolled by armies . . . and a jungle rife with danger stand between them and the border. Their one hope of escape lies with a veteran warrior who has lost his faith and may betray them at any moment. Their one dream is to reach freedom and safety and home.
If they can just survive.
"[A] gripping story . . . The best part is the narrator, a sort of more hopeful and kindhearted Holden Caulfield, who finds himself in binds that lead him to make tough choices in the heat of the moment." --Publishers Weekly | "Fast-paced with multiple threats, genuine tension and lots of machine guns." --Kirkus | "This gripping novel will hold readers' attention from the opening pages until the end." --School Library Journal
What readers love about If We Survive: high-stakes survival, relentless pacing, coming of age through crisis, moral clarity, and clean but intense storytelling.
