Wanting nothing more than to win the heart of the beautiful Sadie and escape his dust-bowl desert hometown, Adam teams up with the girl he loves and a dangerous outsider during a brutal race along the Blackwater Trail. A first novel. Simultaneous.
"Intense, original, compelling . . . bristles with attitude. So cool. Just read it."--Michael Grant,New York Times bestselling author of Gone and BZRK
In the vein of The Outsiders and the early Western novels of Elmore Leonard, this inventive debut novel, a cross between the cult classic Mad Max movie series and Cormac McCarthy’sThe Road, blends adrenaline-fueled action with an improbable yet tender romance to offer a rich and vivid portrayal of misfits and loners forced together in their struggle for a better life.
Adam Stone wants freedom and peace. He wants a chance to escape Blackwater, the dust-bowl desert town he grew up in. Most of all, he wants the beautiful Sadie Blood. Alongside Sadie and the dangerous outsider Kane, Adam will ride the Blackwater Trail in a brutal race that will test them all, body and soul. Only the strongest will survive.
The prize? A one-way ticket to Sky-Base and unimaginable luxury.
And for a chance at this new life, Adam will risk everything.
". . . gritty nonstop action."--School Library Journal
From the Hardcover edition.
