New Avalon

New Avalon

<b>From <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author Robert Swartwood, a new unforgettable novel that "will leave its mark on your heart" (Benjamin Percy).</b><br /><br />In a small Pennsylvania town, one of the most famous women in history -- a woman who the world has believed dead for almost two decades -- is dying.<br /><br />John Chambers walked away from his life eighteen years ago to become the woman's bodyguard. He gave up everything -- including the woman he loved -- because he believed that was his destiny.<br /><br />But destiny has other ideas.<br /><br />In the tradition of <i>Bright Lights, Big City</i> and <i>A Prayer for the Dying</i>, <i>New Avalon</i> is Robert Swartwood's finest work yet.<br /><br /><b>Praise for <i>New Avalon</i>:</b><br /><br />"<i>New Avalon</i> is a suspenseful examination of love, loyalty, and identity that gathers steadily in tension and will leave its mark on your heart." -- <b>Benjamin Percy, author of <i>The Dead Lands</i>, <i>Red Moon</i> and <i>The Wilding</i></b><br /><br />"Like middle-period Hitchcock, <i>New Avalon</i> opens sedately, slowly revealing an off-kilter world based on the most precarious secrets. Using a sneaky second-person, Robert Swartwood has crafted a satisfying revenge tragedy about identity and destiny." -- <b>Stewart O'Nan, author of <i>The Good Wife</i> and <i>West of Sunset</i></b><br /><br />"A fine slow burn thriller." <b>-- Jack Ketchum, author of <i>The Lost</i> and <i>The Girl Next Door</i></b>