The Captive: A Novel

A rural noir about a
woman on a pulse-pounding expedition to deliver a fugitive—and forced to
confront her own past on the journey

In a
secessionist rural state that has cut itself off completely from urban centers,
where living is hardscrabble and poor but “free,” Brooke Holland runs a farm
with her husband, Milo, and two daughters. Their life at the fringes of modern
society is tenuous—they make barely enough from each harvest to keep going—yet
Brooke cherishes the loving, peaceful life they have...