Waypoint
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.19 (898 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B019EE751O |
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| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
You’ve been abducted from your home. Nothing but the clothes on your back and one other sinister object—a loaded gun. You have 24 hours to travel a thousand miles and find a code that disarms the device.Or die.You have no money. Through your mounting panic, you wonder what this is all about.It’s about one question: How much do you want to live?. You wake in a strange hotel room to make a terrifying discovery—there’s a bomb strapped around your chest. No cell phone
"Waypoint is a fast-paced thriller with smart, unexpected twists that reveal ever deeper layers of this novel’s terrifying world." according to L. Bernard. Waypoint is a fast-paced thriller with smart, unexpected twists that reveal ever deeper layers of this novel’s terrifying world, a world not so different from our own. I had a blast failing to predict where this wild ride would take me. Julie LePlant begins as an artist working as a barista in the middle of nowhere with dreams of making her living as a photographer. When a guy walks into the coffee shop where she works and buys one of her prints (which have been hanging on the walls collecting dust) you’d think her life was look. An edge of your seat thrill ride! A Chick Who Reads How would you handle this situation? You are kidnapped from your home, wake up in a hotel room, no phone, no money, and you have a bomb strapped to your chest. I know what I would do, I’d freak the f*#@ out! We meet Julie, one of the main characters in this fascinating thriller, in exactly this way. When the phone rings, the adventure begins. Julie must get to the coordinates given on the phone within 24 hours, or else the bomb goes off and her life ends. Matthew Howe, the author of this story, creates a frightening situation that mak. A new voice that will leave you wanting more. When it comes to fiction I don't read a lot of modern American offerings because, hey, there's a lifetime of Tolstoy, Dickens, and Pamuk out there. Every once in a while, however, I like to get my blood pumping with a good old fashioned page turner. I thought I'd give WAYPOINT a try because I'd read Matthew Howe's excellent memoir, FILM IS HELL (about his truly madcap experiences as a low budget filmmaker) and was curious to see what his fiction was like. Let me say right off the bat, the novel did not disappoint. Howe has a wonderful way o
"Absolutely gripping. WAYPOINT is tense, twisting and fast-paced. Doesn't let up until the final page is turned." Patrick Robinson, author of The New York Times#1 bestseller LONE SURVIVOR