Description: "Powerful, startling. . . . This book is a wonder."-- Susie Finkbeiner , author of Stories That Bind Us and All Manner of Things "Ultimately a survival story--how we survive the evils we have both committed and omitted on our terrible and beautiful journey home."-- John Blase , poet and author"A poetic, heartfelt meditation on guilt, grief, grace, and forgiveness, reminiscent of both Dante's Inferno and Lost ."-- Anne Bogel , creator of Modern Mrs Darcy and the What Should I Read Next? podcast"Beauty and melancholy and hope and weight woven together. Not to be missed."-- Andi Cumbo-Floyd , author of the Steele Secrets series***Once held captive and tortured on a mysterious mountain, Dan was lucky to have made it out alive. But freedom comes at a cost. Left with little memory of the horrific ordeal, Dan can recall one thing--his escape meant leaving his brother behind.With each day that passes, Dan waits with the other survivors in hope of his brother's escape. But just as long-forgotten memories start rising to the surface, the sudden appearance of a wounded woman throws everything into question. As Dan struggles to know who to trust, he is caught once again in a paralyzing moral dilemma:How far will he go to save the people he loves? Shawn Smucker is the award-winning author of Light from Distant Stars , the young adult novels The Day the Angels Fell and The Edge of Over There , and the memoir Once We Were Strangers . He lives with his wife and six children in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. You can find him online at www.shawnsmucker.com.

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