Solitary: A Novel
Authors: Travis Thrasher
What people are saying about ...
SOLITARY
"A Y.A. novel for the hip, the savvy, the thinker-outside-the-boxand anybody else who wants a great read. And don't even try to predict this one. Just hang on and let it take you straight into the real world of the newest generation."
Nancy Rue, best-selling author of tween and young adult fiction
"Solitary is a cautionary tale, startling and suspenseful. The characters are unforgettable, the prose stark, and the dialogue masterful. Travis Thrasher is a versatile storyteller who walks his readers through life's uncertainties while leading them toward glimmers of hope."
Eric Wilson, New York Times best-selling author of Valley of Bones
What people are saying about ...
TRAVIS THRASHER
"Thrasher just keeps getting better."
Publishers Weekly
"Each time I read a novel by Travis Thrasher, I close the cover and tell myself that was his best. But I find it hard to imagine that Thrasher is going to be able to surpass Broken easily.... The story literally drove me to tears. The action is intense, the pace breakneck, the aura of mystery palpable, the sense of the supernatural mysterious. In the vein of Isolation and Ghostwriter, Thrasher gives us Broken, one of his best stories to date."
Josh Olds, author and book reviewer at Christian-Critic.BlogSpot.com
"How does Christian horror actually work? I'm not really sure, but fiction writer Travis Thrasher has successfully figured out the formula. He's combined Christian faith with a Stephen King-esque setting to explore what happens to your psyche when you are in the midst of a spiritual attack."
Rachel Laudiero, author and book reviewer at OldMustyBooks.com
"Not only will Isolation scare you, it will also challenge your faith and remind you of the all-encompassing power of the love of our Savior. [Travis] only gets better with each new offering, and this latest tale might just be his best yet."
Jake Chism, author and book reviewer at TheChristianManifesto.com
ALSO BY TRAVIS THRASHER
The Promise Remains
The Watermark
The Second Thief
Three Roads Home
Gun Lake
Admission
Blinded
Sky Blue
Out of the Devil's mouth
isolation
Ghostwriter
Every Breath You Take
Broken
TRAVIS THRASHER
FOR ACA
TO DIE BY YOUR SIDE WELL, THE PLEASURE THE PRIVILEGE IS MINE.
-"THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT" BY THE SMITHS
I run through the dark woods.
And I see her smile.
A branch swats me in the face. A limb tears my coat and cuts my arm. My foot pounds against something hard on the forest floor. The wound in my side from the tree branch still throbs, wet with blood. I know my hands are stained with it-some my own and some not.
I hear her laugh.
I'm sprinting uphill, sucking in air, sweating. It doesn't feel like December. It doesn't feel like New Year's Eve.
Then again, nothing feels right. Nothing has felt right since coming to this godforsaken place.
The Devil is strong here, her voice tells me. Don't doubt this.
I feel her hand in mine, gripping, shaking.
She said this would happen, but I still find myself in disbelief, hoping I'll wake up, hoping the cold is just from the night air in my tiny cabin bedroom.