Incident at Twenty-Mile

by Trevanian

• ISBN13: 9780312970239
• ISBN10: 0312970234
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-15
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Summary

For fifteen years he has been silent. Now, the legendary #1New York Timesbestselling author of such classic suspense novels asThe Eiger SanctionandShibumireturns-- unleashing a stunning thriller set against the backdrop of the American West. A godforsaken town. A young, eager-to-please stranger carrying a homemade shotgun and a staggering secret. And a madman escaped from the Territorial Prison at Laramie, cutting a swath of sadistic violence with two killers at his side. Now, for the people of Twenty-Mile-- the God-fearing and the godless, heroes, whores, lovers and a boy teetering on the edge of madness-- a siege is about to begin amidst a harrowing mountain storm. And when the killing, the thunder, and the terror are over, some will live, some will be buried, and the myth of the American frontier will never be the same...

Author Biography

Trevanian is the bestselling author of Shibumi, The Eiger Sanction, The Loo Sanction, The Main, and Summer of Katya. His books have been translated into more than fourteen languages. He lives in the French Basque Mountains.