Title: Pines (The Wayward Pines #1)

Author: Blake Crouch

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer 2012

Genre: Scifi?

Pages: 315

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Library; Random TBR Pick

Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels…off. As the days pass, Ethan’s investigation into the disappearance of his colleagues turns up more questions than answers. Why can’t he get any phone calls through to his wife and son in the outside world? Why doesn’t anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what is the purpose of the electrified fences surrounding the town? Are they meant to keep the residents in? Or something else out? Each step closer to the truth takes Ethan further from the world he thought he knew, from the man he thought he was, until he must face a horrifying fact—he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive.

Been meaning to read this series for awhile now. Finally picked it up and man, was that a ride. I read this one in just two days. Crouch really knows how to set the pace of a book and never let up. I just had to keep reading to find out what happens next. Overall, Ethan is not a great hero, but more of an everyman thrust into a weird situation. This book is not super deep or complicated, but I did love the ride. The ending is a crazy reveal and I was taken aback a bit. I will be putting the next in the series on my TBR.

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