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#Giveaway Excerpt DEADFALL by Stephen Wallenfels @DisneyHyperion Ends 1.5

December 5, 2018 By Mary

by Stephen Wallenfels
Published by Disney-Hyperion

DEADFALL

Title: DEADFALL
Author: Stephen Wallenfels
Pub. Date: December 11, 2018
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Pages: 384

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, TBD

Twin brothers Ty and Cory Bic are on the run. When they encounter a dying deer in the middle of a remote mountain road with fresh tire tracks swerving down into a ravine, they know they have to help. But when they reach the wrecked car the vehicle appears empty, with signs that the driver escaped.

Until they hear a sound coming from the trunk.

Ty and Cory are escaping demons of their own. But what they discover in the trunk puts them in the crosshairs of something darker and more sinister than their wildest nightmares.

Told through a gripping, lightning-fast narrative that alternates between present and past, this unputdownable survival thriller unravels the tangled circumstances that led Ty and Cory to the deer in the road and set them on a perilous course through the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest.

 

I may be wrong here, but my guess is it’s not that she wants my

company specifically—she just doesn’t want to be alone. I listen to

her breaths, watch the small puffs of vapor rise and fade. She settles

into a wheezy but regular rhythm. I lean in for a quick look. Her

skin has a pinkish color, which I hope is a good sign. That means

she’s warming up. After a few minutes, I’m pretty confident that

she’s asleep. With her situation stable I’m tempted to get water

now. It’s really what I should do. She would never know that I

was gone—other than the fact that we would magically have more

water. I shake that thought away. She asked me to stay and that’s

what I will do. Besides, I need to sleep. That need is like a heavy

hand on my spirit pushing me down.

Before I collapse I look out both porthole windows—still gray

and raining softly. Our tracks are pretty much gone. I make sure

the ceiling vent is open and blow out all but one candle, slip the

headlamp over my head in case the candle goes out; then I slide

my sleeping bag off hers, zip myself inside, and hope that sleep

comes fast and easy.

But sleep does not come fast or easy. I was afraid it would be

the terror of the driver’s flashlight coming down the slope, or Ty

leaving, or even the gut-emptying sight of blood-tipped bone

through skin, that would haunt me in the almost dark.

It’s none of those visions.

As I listen to the sound of her breathing and feel the steady

rhythm pull me closer to my own personal oblivion, all I see are

those bruises. I hope that whatever violences she endured are

behind her and that this hole in the ground is what I promised it

would be: a refuge and not a grave.

 

 

 

About Stephen:

Stephen Wallenfels lives in Washington state with his wife.  He wrote freelance for the Health and Fitness industry for fifteen years before turning writing novels.  His passions are family, hiking, cooking, reading, movies, climate change, and especially writing.

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive finished copies of DEADFALL, US only.

a Rafflecopter giveaway


 Tour Schedule:
Week One:
12/3/2018- Simply Daniel Radcliffe– Review
12/4/2018- My Books-My World– Excerpt
12/5/2018- BookHounds YA– Excerpt
12/6/2018- Here’s to Happy Endings– Review
12/7/2018- Confessions of a YA Reader– Excerpt

Week Two:
12/10/2018- Book Bite Reviews– Review
12/11/2018- FUONLYKNEW– Spotlight
12/12/2018- A Dream Within A Dream– Review
12/13/2018- The Pages In-Between– Review
12/14/2018- Sincerely Karen Jo Blog– Excerpt

Week Three:
12/17/2018- Rhythmicbooktrovert– Review
12/18/2018- Savings in Seconds– Review
12/19/2018- Lifestyle of Me– Review
12/20/2018- Eli to the nth– Review
12/21/2018- Literary Meanderings– Excerpt

Week Four:
12/24/2018- Falling For YA- Excerpt
12/25/2018- Books,Dreams,Life– Spotlight
12/26/2018- Good Choice Reading– Excerpt
12/27/2018- Wishful Endings– Excerpt
12/28/2018- Two Chicks on Books– Excerpt

Week Five:
12/31/2018- All the Ups and Downs– Excerpt

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Comments

  1. Danielle Hammelef says

    December 5, 2018 at 10:46 am

    I love the premise! The suspense and chase and setting sound so exciting. I’m looking forward to reading this book.

  2. Linda Kish says

    December 5, 2018 at 3:04 pm

    This sounds like it will be exciting to read. My kind of story.

  3. Judy Cox says

    December 5, 2018 at 3:16 pm

    This really looks and sounds like a fantastic read. I have already but this on my TBR list (in case I don’t win)!!

  4. Laura says

    December 14, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    Sounds very interesting! Great book!

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