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George Newbern
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Rio Youers
About this listen
From the author of Westlake Soul and The Forgotten Girl
Halcyon is the answer for all Americans who want to escape, but paradise isn't what it seems...
A beautiful island in the middle of Lake Ontario - a self-sustaining community made up of people who want to live without fear, crime, or greed. Halcyon is run by Valerie Kemp, aka Mother Moon, benevolent and altruistic on the outside, but hiding an unimaginable darkness inside. She has dedicated her life to the pursuit of Glam Moon, a place of eternal beauty and healing. And she believes the pathway there can only be found at the end of pleasure.
On the heels of tragedy, Martin Lovegrove moves his family to Halcyon. A couple of months, he tells himself, to retreat from the chaos and grind. He soon begins to suspect there is something beneath Halcyon’s perfect veneer and sets out to discover the truth - however terrible it might be - behind the island and its mysterious founder, Mother Moon.
Halcyon is Rio Youers' page-turning race against the clock in a world that eschews the limits of time.
©2018 Rio Youers (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Published by arrangement with St. Martin’s Press.Listeners also enjoyed...
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- Andrea
- 09-25-18
Intense and mesmerizing
Unique and heart pounding . This book builds characters that become intertwined with your mind and a story line that keeps teasing your nerves.
Rio Youers deliverers a wild and intense gift of a story. Absolutely one of my favourite books!
Genius!
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