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Pines

Pines

MysteryPsychological Thriller
Pages
500
Published
2012
Language
English

Synopsis

Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in the seemingly idyllic town of Wayward Pines, Idaho, on a mission to find two missing federal agents. But after a strange accident, he wakes up with no memory of how he got there and no way to contact the outside world. As Ethan digs deeper, he uncovers a disturbing reality about the town and its inhabitants, realizing he might be trapped in a place from which escape is impossible.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

TenseMysteriousDarkThought-Provoking
SurvivalFish Out of Water

Genres

Mystery Psychological Thriller Suspense Thriller Literary Fiction

About the author

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Blake Crouch

Blake Crouch (born William Blake Crouch, October 15, 1978, in Statesville, North Carolina) is an American novelist and screenwriter. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he writes primarily thriller and science-fiction novels. He is best known for the Wayward Pines trilogy, adapted into a 2015 television series for Fox executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan, and for the bestselling novels Dark Matter (2016), Recursion (2019) — winner of the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award...

Characters

Ethan BurkeProtagonist
Arnold PopeAntagonist

The town's sheriff, whose shifting hostility and lack of oversight put him at the center of Ethan's conflict with Wayward Pines.

Kate HewsonSupporting

A fellow Secret Service agent and Ethan's former lover, one of the two missing agents he was sent to find; he discovers her living in Wayward Pines.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Is Pines part of a series?

    Yes. Pines (2012) is the first book in Blake Crouch's Wayward Pines trilogy, followed by Wayward (2013) and The Last Town (2014).

  • Was Pines adapted for TV?

    Yes. The Wayward Pines trilogy was adapted into the Fox television series Wayward Pines, which premiered in 2015 with Matt Dillon as Ethan Burke.

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