

He desperately needs to solve the mystery of what is going on before it is too late. Burke soon finds himself in danger and running for his life. During his investigation, he encounters people and situations that feel off-kilter. His wallet and identification have vanished.

When he gets there, he is immediately involved in car crash and wakes up disoriented. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” – The Eagles, Hotel CaliforniaĮthan Burke is a Secret Service Agent sent to Wayward Pines, Idaho, to find two missing agents. "Relax", said the night man “We are programmed to receive. The nail-bitingly suspenseful opening installment in Blake Crouch’s blockbuster Wayward Pines trilogy, Pines is at once a brilliant mystery tale and the first step into a genre-bending saga of suspense, science fiction, and horror. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase.Īs the days pass, Ethan’s investigation turns up more questions than answers: Why can’t he get any phone calls through to his wife and son in the outside world? Why doesn’t anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what is the purpose of the electrified fences surrounding the town? Are they meant to keep the residents in? Or something else out?Įach step closer to the truth takes Ethan farther from the world he knew, from the man he was, until he must face a horrifying fact – he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a mission: locate two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. The first book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade.
