Blake CrouchFiction · Thriller·b. 1978
The Last Town
Synopsis
Ethan Burke, a Secret Service agent, reached Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. The town runs on strict orders: residents are told whom to marry, where to live and where to work. Nobody may leave, and asking the wrong question can get a person killed.
Ethan has now learned what lies beyond the electrified fence that rings the town. The fence keeps out a terrifying world, and that world is about to break through and wipe out the last, fragile remnant of humanity.
This is the third and final book of the Wayward Pines trilogy, so it picks up after the secrets of the first two are already out. The story turns from mystery to open war, as Ethan and his fellow residents face the forces gathered outside the town's gates.
Expect horror and action in a fast, violent finish. The town's claustrophobic rules give way to a fight for survival, with the whole community at stake.
How it reads
Prose complexity 4/10
Content warnings (3)
ViolenceGraphic ViolenceGore


