Bait
A Novel
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4.2 • 9 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
No one is coming to your aid. We have ensured this.
Six strangers wake up on a remote island in the Florida Keys with no memory of their arrival. They soon discover their common bond: all of them are heroin addicts. As the first excruciating pangs of withdrawal make themselves felt, the six notice a yacht anchored across open water. On it lurk four shadowy figures, protected by the hungry sharks that patrol the waves. So begins a dangerous game. The six must undertake the impossible—swim to the next island where a cache of heroin awaits, or die trying. When alliances form, betrayal is inevitable. As the fight to survive intensifies, the stakes reach terrifying heights—and their captors’ motives finally begin to emerge.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Messum's far-fetched debut will hook you from the beginning, but you, too, may be unwilling bait. Unaware how they got there, six heroin addicts from Miami wake up on a desert island in the Florida Keys, with instructions that safety and, more importantly to the lowlifes, a large cache of heroin awaits them on an island a mile away. All troublemakers of one sort or another, they represent different walks of life from Miami's underbelly. They soon realize that the ocean and whatever lurks beneath it lies between them and their prize. To make matters more complicated, within their line of sight is a boat, and aboard is whoever orchestrated this twisted series of events. While struggling to find a way to safety, they more often fight each other. The characters' discordant voices distract from the innovative premise, and their predictable reactions don't do the original concept justice.
Customer Reviews
Hooked from page 1
Very descriptive imagery from the very start. Fully immersive writing keeps you hooked through the whole story.