Book review: The Wayward Pines Trilogy by Blake Cr. Pines by Blake Crouch: 9780593598320 : Books The first book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade One way in.Where is his ID and cell phone? Why hasn’t his wife and son come for him? Why do the residents of the town view him with such contempt? Why are there no cars on the road? Why does nobody ever leave? Why do the phones not work the way they are supposed to? Why does the main road that leads out of town loop back right into town? And most ominous of all, what is the purpose of the huge electrified fence circling the town? Is it to keep residents from leaving or to prevent someone or something from entering? With no one to help him or answer his questions and his memory failing him, he is completely alone. Following a horrific car accident, Agent Burke awakes with no ID, no gun, no money, no cell phone, and no way out. The idyllic town of Idaho has clear blue skies, pristine Victorian houses framed by white picket fences, quaint stores, picture-perfect mountains and verdant pine forests all of which scream paradise but it is impossible to ignore the gnawing feeling that in this quintessential small American town, something is very off. Pines, written by Blake Crouch, is a chilling science fiction thrillerthe first in a series of three novelsin which nothing is as it appears to be. It feels oddly familiar yet so disquieting. He is injured, disoriented and has a sinister feeling about the bucolic town of Wayward Pines he finds himself in. US Secret Service agent Ethan Burke wakes up with transient amnesia in a strange town after a near-fatal accident. Wayward Pines by Blake Crouch Length: 3 Books First Book: August 2012 Latest Book: July 2014 Genres: Espionage / Spies / CIA, Psychological Suspense.
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