In Daniel Palmers electrifying, brilliantly plotted new thriller, a private school campus becomes a battleground as a desperate father takes on a terrifying enemy.When Jake Dents dreams of baseball glory fell apart in a drunk-driving incident, his marriage did too. In those dark days, a popular survivalist blog helped to restore Jakes sense of control. Hes become an avid Doomsday Prepper, raising his diabetic son, Andy, to be ready for any sudden catastrophe.Andy, now a student at the prestigious Pepperell Academy where Jake works as a custodian, has a secret—hes part of a computer club that redistributes money from the obscenely wealthy to the needy. Usually, their targets dont even realize theyve been hacked. But this time, theyve stolen from the wrong people a vicious drug cartel that is coming to get its money backStaging a chemical truck spill as a distraction, the cartel infiltrates the Academy, taking Andy and his friends hostage one by one.
