Finding out the Japanese plans for Pearl Harbor on December 6th?.not even close.
Knowledge of what Brutus has planned for Julius Caesar at the forum?.hmmm.nope. I was trying to think of something in the history of mankind that is a bigger secret. Recently appointed Sheriff Ethan Burke is carrying the granddaddy of all secrets. So the only way to keep a secret is to tell NO ONE.
They swear that person to secrecy, and so on and so on until everyone you. This powerful urge, maybe with some help from some uninhibiting wine or soul exploding sex, will eventually gain the upper hand, and those locked away words will spill.
You can swear someone to secrecy, but the same itch, the same need to tell someone that compelled you to tell them, is whispering to them from the corners of their brain. In the end, most of us end up telling somebody. As a species we aren’t really good at keeping secrets, even those rattling skeletons that could prove detrimental to our lives. We all have secrets we carry around with us. For every perfect little town, there’s something ugly underneath. Perfection all the time would drive them mad. The second novel in Blake Crouch’s blockbuster trilogy, Wayward delves deeper into the irresistible mysteries and horrors of this perfect little town, even as it asks what it means to live with secrets-and what price we’ll pay for the truth.”I know what they need. Everyone secretly dreams of leaving, but those who dare face a terrifying surprise.Īs sheriff, Ethan Burke is tasked with enforcing the town’s laws, and he’s one of the few entrusted with the truth-even though, for all his knowledge, he’s as much a prisoner of Wayward Pines as anyone else.īut when a murder investigation draws him deeper into the town’s inner workings, Ethan learns that its past is darker than even he suspected-and finds himself faced with an impossible choice. Others think they’re trapped in an unfathomable experiment.
Nestled amid picture-perfect mountains, the idyllic town of Wayward Pines is a modern-day Eden-at least at first glance.Įxcept that within its fences, the residents are told where to work, how to live, and who to marry. The second book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade
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