About this ebook
An edge-of-your-seat thriller for all fans of James Ellroy, Cormac McCarthy and John Grisham. For fans of The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and The Rock.
After three years' hard time, minding no-one's business but his own, Ray Klein wins his parole. That same day, the disciplinary perfection of Green River State Penitentiary is torn apart by tribal war, and the prison falls into the hands of its inmates.
As the River sucks them all towards the abyss, Klein must choose either to claim his freedom and leave the ones he cares for to die, or risk everything and fight...
After three years' hard time, minding no-one's business but his own, Ray Klein wins his parole. That same day, the disciplinary perfection of Green River State Penitentiary is torn apart by tribal war, and the prison falls into the hands of its inmates.
As the River sucks them all towards the abyss, Klein must choose either to claim his freedom and leave the ones he cares for to die, or risk everything and fight...
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4.7
6 reviews
Ricky Paris
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July 23, 2018
Whilst, admittedly, I'm not into prison books I read this after I'd read
Tim's two masterpieces, The Religion and Twelve Children of Paris. I found
it very readable and a prelude to the violence to follow in The Religion.
Keep writing Tim. No other author like you.
Tristan Jones
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May 14, 2016
Have read and reread this book so many times. Well written and fast paced
Darren Pitt
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May 29, 2020
An exceptional, fast moving and violent thriller. Loved it.
About the author
Tim Willocks is a novelist, screenwriter and producer. Translated into twenty languages, his novels include The Religion, Bad City Blues, Green River Rising and Twelve Children of Paris. He has worked with major Hollywood directors, dined at the White House and holds a black belt in Shotokan karate.
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