Publisher Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Five Total Strangers and Seven Dirty Secrets, a tense new
thriller!
Four days alone in the desert. Except they're not as alone as they think.
A year ago, Katie and her cousin Aster survived a night that left their world and easy friendship fractured.
Desperate to heal and leave the past behind them, they tackle four days of hiking in the Utah backcountry. But
the desert they've loved for years has tricks up its sleeve.
An illness, an injury, and a freak storm leave them short on confidence and supplies. When they come across a
young couple with extra supplies on the trail, they're grateful and relievedat first. Riley exudes friendliness, but
everything about her boyfriend Finn spells trouble. That night, after some chilling admissions about Finn from
Riley, Katie and Aster wake to hear the couple fighting. Helpless and trapped in the darkness, they witness
Riley's desperate race into the night, with Finn chasing after.
In the morning, they find the couple's camp, but Riley and Finn? Vanished. Katie is sure Riley is in trouble. And
with help a two-day hike away, they know they are the only ones who can save her before something terrible
happens. The clock is ticking and their supplies are dwindling, but Katie and Aster know they have to find Riley
before Finnor the desertgets to her first.
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About Natalie D. Richards
Natalie D. Richards won her first writing competition in the second grade with her short
story about Barbara Frances Bizzlefishes (who wouldn’t dare do the dishes.) She
later misplaced her writing dreams in a maze of cubicles and general office
drudgery. Natalie never forgot about Barbara or those dishes, and eventually
she found her way back to storytelling, following the genre of her heart, teen
fiction. When she’s not writing or shopping her manuscripts, you can probably
find her wading through the towers of dog-eared paperbacks that have taken over
her bedroom. She is a 2012 RWA Golden Heart double finalist. Natalie lives in
Ohio with her amazing husband and their three children, who inspire her every
day to stick with her dreams.
About the Narrators
Laura Knight Keating, an Audie Award-winning narrator, is an actress who has appeared on stage, in films, and on television shows, including Boardwalk Empire, Hope and Faith, and Lipstick Jungle.
Suzy Jackson is an Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator whose readings include several novels by Charlane Harris, Jodi Picoult, and M. L. N. Hanover. She was co-winner of an Audie Award in 2018 for Best Multi-Voiced Performance.
Caitlin Kelly, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, is a seasoned voice-over artist with experience in Japan and the United States. She has a BFA in drama and studied musical theater at the Collaborative Arts Project 21, an off-Broadway theater company and musical theater training conservatory. She got started in voice-over work in 2009 while living in Japan where she toured with Disney’s World of English and World Family Club as a performer and a puppeteer.