From Kirk Kjeldsen, whose fiction has been described as "fierce, intelligent, gritty and absolutely convincing" (Martin Clark, author of The Jezebel Remedy and The Legal Limit) and "as exciting as it is smart as it is heartbreaking" (Michael Kardos, author of The Three Day Affair and Before He Finds Her) comes a captivating new suspense thriller for fans of James Dickey’s Deliverance and Ruth Ware's In a Dark, Dark Wood.

After trailing spouse Marah Lenaerts suffers her third miscarriage in as many years, her husband Eden surprises her with a vacation to Malaysia, hoping it will lift her spirits. And it does, as they enjoy trading the bustle of their Shanghai life behind for the idyllic tropical paradise. But while on a diving excursion, they’re taken hostage by a group who appear to be terrorists, who take them to a remote island and hold them for ransom. The longer that time drags on, though, the more doubts Marah begins to have about her captors’ motivations—as well as about the motivations of her husband himself.

Praise for Kirk Kjeldsen's Land of Hidden Fires and Tomorrow City:

"A fine wartime tale of survival and resistance, told with clean, compelling prose. The tough and resourceful Kari will linger in your memory, and the evocative setting will leave you shivering beneath the sheets."
– Dan Fesperman, author of The Letter Writer

"Kjeldsen creates drama and danger with ease, and the events that follow are riveting. This is a literary thriller in the best sense of the term… His smart, penetrating story is not to be missed."
– The New Jersey Star-Ledger

"With spare but riveting prose — and the rare ability to elicit the reader’s sympathy for a criminal — Kjeldsen has produced a thriller with plenty of the requisite shocks, a fully drawn protagonist, and a serious look at issues of justice and morality."
– The Richmond Times-Dispatch