Pressure Points
Autor Larry Brooksen Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 dec 2013
?A master of terror and suspense, Brooks crafts his characters [in Pressure Points] with care, lending them opaque dimensions that make them appear both sympathetic and loathsome.? (PW)
The game is a weeklong retreat. It's located in a remote region of northern California. It's designed to build teamwork, establish trust, and increase awareness.
The players are three ambitious executives?one woman and two men, each prepared to put his physical, mental, and moral limits to the test. They never dreamed how far they could go.
The rules are simple. First you run. Then you hide. Don't appear weak, don't admit to the fear, and don't react to the pain.
The prize is staying alive. Let the game begin.
Citește tot Restrânge The players are three ambitious executives?one woman and two men, each prepared to put his physical, mental, and moral limits to the test. They never dreamed how far they could go.
The rules are simple. First you run. Then you hide. Don't appear weak, don't admit to the fear, and don't react to the pain.
The prize is staying alive. Let the game begin.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781630264055
ISBN-10: 1630264059
Pagini: 492
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Editura: Turner
ISBN-10: 1630264059
Pagini: 492
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Editura: Turner
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Notă biografică
Larry Brooks is the author of six critically-praised novels, including USA Today bestseller Darkness Bound, and three bestselling writing books, including the #1 bestseller Story Engineering: Mastering the Six Core Competencies of Successful Writing. Brooks teaches writers & conferences throughout the nation and is the creator of Storyfix.com, named six years running to the Writers Digest "101 Best Websites for Writers list." He lives in Arizona.
Recenzii
“Grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go . . . it’s as scary as hell.” — New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson
“Thrilling.” —Thom Racina, national bestselling author of Deadly Games and Never Forget
From Publishers Weekly
Performance seminars have long been the bane of the corporate world, yet few authors have explored them in fiction to the candid degree that Brooks (Darkness Bound) does here. The first third of this addictive thriller introduces Brad Teeters, Mark Johnson and Pamela Wiley, three dedicated yet bitter senior employees at Wright &Wong, a successful Seattle-based ad agency. When the trio propose to buy out the firm, Wong agrees, stipulating that all three employees must first attend The Seminar, a week-long retreat for executives at a secluded site in northern California. In detailed prose, Brooks captures the first 60 hours of The Seminar, during which facilitators simulate airplane crashes and hostage takeovers in an effort to teach inner strength and trust. But when one of The Seminar's mind games goes awry, Teeters, Johnson and Wiley become unwittingly ensnared in an evil scheme masterminded by Wong and Beth, Teeters's sexy, manipulative wife. Beth, who up to this point has been a secondary character, becomes the focal point of an intricate conclusion involving betrayed friendships, apparent suicides and kinky sex games. A master of terror and suspense, Brooks crafts his characters with care, lending them opaque dimensions that make them appear both sympathetic and loathsome.
“Thrilling.” —Thom Racina, national bestselling author of Deadly Games and Never Forget
From Publishers Weekly
Performance seminars have long been the bane of the corporate world, yet few authors have explored them in fiction to the candid degree that Brooks (Darkness Bound) does here. The first third of this addictive thriller introduces Brad Teeters, Mark Johnson and Pamela Wiley, three dedicated yet bitter senior employees at Wright &Wong, a successful Seattle-based ad agency. When the trio propose to buy out the firm, Wong agrees, stipulating that all three employees must first attend The Seminar, a week-long retreat for executives at a secluded site in northern California. In detailed prose, Brooks captures the first 60 hours of The Seminar, during which facilitators simulate airplane crashes and hostage takeovers in an effort to teach inner strength and trust. But when one of The Seminar's mind games goes awry, Teeters, Johnson and Wiley become unwittingly ensnared in an evil scheme masterminded by Wong and Beth, Teeters's sexy, manipulative wife. Beth, who up to this point has been a secondary character, becomes the focal point of an intricate conclusion involving betrayed friendships, apparent suicides and kinky sex games. A master of terror and suspense, Brooks crafts his characters with care, lending them opaque dimensions that make them appear both sympathetic and loathsome.
Extras
It was the echo of gunfire that kept him running. His body had long ago abandoned hope, pushing on faith alone through a fog of pain and fatigue. Logic screamed that this was pointless, while another voice whispered it was all a lie. Both were old friends that had served him well, and like Jesus on his fortieth desert night, he was tempted.
But neither voice was real. The gunshot had been real. The echo of it was real.
And so he ran. For his very life, and for those left behind. He knew that precious little time remained, and what was left was as critical as it was dwindling. Everything he had ever learned or believed or dreamed was at stake. He was out of options, down to a final chance that, win or lose, would be his statement to the universe.
It was his time. He had come full circle.
It is not paranoia when they are really out to get you. When they are right on your ass, downwind of the scent of your blood, closing fast.
Whoever the hell they are.
He ran all through the night’s relentless downpour. Low branches whipped his forehead and cheeks until they bled. He could feel his heart pounding in every extremity of his body, his vision clouded by sweat and rain. Both elbows were bloodied from a fall when his foot caught an exposed root, sending him skating wildly across a patch of decaying leaves. Leaping over a rotting log, he felt his right ankle turn impossibly inward, and the ensuing bolt of pain seized his leg like a pair of gigantic hands twisting with the enthusiasm of a gleeful sadist. But he had no time for this or any other distraction, not on this night, when, one way or the other, his past would finally and conclusively catch up with him.
From that past he summoned his God and pleaded for mercy. No deals this time, no hollow promises in exchange for salvation. Just simple mercy. For it, he had only his humility to offer. Things would be different if he survived. He would be different. And he could never go back.
But neither voice was real. The gunshot had been real. The echo of it was real.
And so he ran. For his very life, and for those left behind. He knew that precious little time remained, and what was left was as critical as it was dwindling. Everything he had ever learned or believed or dreamed was at stake. He was out of options, down to a final chance that, win or lose, would be his statement to the universe.
It was his time. He had come full circle.
It is not paranoia when they are really out to get you. When they are right on your ass, downwind of the scent of your blood, closing fast.
Whoever the hell they are.
He ran all through the night’s relentless downpour. Low branches whipped his forehead and cheeks until they bled. He could feel his heart pounding in every extremity of his body, his vision clouded by sweat and rain. Both elbows were bloodied from a fall when his foot caught an exposed root, sending him skating wildly across a patch of decaying leaves. Leaping over a rotting log, he felt his right ankle turn impossibly inward, and the ensuing bolt of pain seized his leg like a pair of gigantic hands twisting with the enthusiasm of a gleeful sadist. But he had no time for this or any other distraction, not on this night, when, one way or the other, his past would finally and conclusively catch up with him.
From that past he summoned his God and pleaded for mercy. No deals this time, no hollow promises in exchange for salvation. Just simple mercy. For it, he had only his humility to offer. Things would be different if he survived. He would be different. And he could never go back.
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Three ambitious executives--one woman and two men--embark on a week-long retreat designed to build teamwork, establish trust, and increase awareness. Instead, the retreat in the isolated wilds of Southern California soon becomes a life-and-death game of survival as the players' moral, mental, and physical limits are tested in ways they never imagined.
Three ambitious executives--one woman and two men--embark on a week-long retreat designed to build teamwork, establish trust, and increase awareness. Instead, the retreat in the isolated wilds of Southern California soon becomes a life-and-death game of survival as the players' moral, mental, and physical limits are tested in ways they never imagined.