{"product_id":"9781250072412","title":"Halcyon : A Thriller","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eHalcyon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Rio Youers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e From the author of \u003ci\u003eEnd Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePoint Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e comes a new thriller, Rio Youers's \u003ci\u003eHalcyon \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHALCYON is the answer for all Americans who want to escape, but paradise isn't what it seems. A beautiful island in the middle of Lake Ontario—a self-sustaining community made up of people who want to live without fear, crime, or greed. Halcyon is run by Valerie Kemp, aka Mother Moon, benevolent and altruistic on the outside, but hiding an unimaginable darkness inside. She has dedicated her life to the pursuit of Glam Moon, a place of eternal beauty and healing. And she believes the pathway there can only be found at the end of pleasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the heels of tragedy, Martin Lovegrove moves his family to Halcyon. A couple of months, he tells himself, to retreat from the chaos and grind. He soon begins to suspect there is something beneath Halcyon’s perfect veneer and sets out to discover the truth—however terrible it might be—behind the island and its mysterious founder, Mother Moon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A prescient exploration of domestic terrorism and the fears that currently grip ordinary people worldwide, \u003ci\u003eHalcyon\u003c\/i\u003e is a slick, page-turning thriller that establishes Rio Youers as an author with something to say. Ominous and yet somehow full of hope, \u003ci\u003eHalcyon\u003c\/i\u003e shows that Youers is a Koontz or King for a new generation.\" —Sarah Pinborough, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBehind Her Eyes \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCross Her Heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Rio Youers deftly mixes family drama, ESP, politics, and the collective insanity of cults into a heady cultural critique that also functions as a page-turning, white-knuckle thriller. \u003ci\u003eHalcyon\u003c\/i\u003e is a tornado of a novel.\" —Paul Tremblay, author of \u003ci\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cabin at the End of the World\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rich, multilayered and compulsively readable, \u003ci\u003eHalcyon\u003c\/i\u003e is a ferocious yet thoughtful and very timely take on our need to believe in a better place.\" —Michael Marshall, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Straw Men\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I’m warning you: stay away from \u003ci\u003eHalcyon\u003c\/i\u003e if you have a pressing deadline, children that must be fed, dogs that need to be walked. Because it will own you completely and gobble up all your time and focus with its spellbinding sentences, vividly realized characters, furious pacing, and skin-crawling chills. Rio Youers is a master.\" — Benjamin Percy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Net\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThrill Me\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRed Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250072412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40656594698446,"sku":"9781250072412","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250072412","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}