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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians comes a gripping high-speed chase novel pitting a runaway teen and her unsuspecting friends against a relentless serial killer on a dangerous road trip where survival is anything but guaranteed.

Sixteen-year-old Harper has decided to run away from home after she has another blow-out argument with her mother. However, her two best friends, little sister, and ex-boyfriend all stop her from hitchhiking her way up Route 80 in Wyoming by joining her on an intervention disguised as a road trip. What they don’t realize is that Harper has been marked by a very unique serial killer who’s been trolling the highway for the past three years, and now the killer is after all of them in this fast-paced and deadly chase novel that will have your heart racing well above the speed limit as the interstate becomes a graveyard. Horror Suspense Thriller & Suspense World Literature Wyoming Heartfelt Scary

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"Narrator Richard Brake delivers the gruesome urban legend that fuels Stephen Graham Jones’s latest before handing the narration over to Isabella Star LaBlanc. She takes listeners to I-80 in Wyoming, where a runaway teen named Harper finds herself, her little sister, her ex-boyfriend, and her two best friends desperately trying to elude Bucketmouth, a killer who eats his prey’s body parts and then assumes their physical likeness. A trucker’s daughter, Harper is a classic Jones badass Indian girl, and LaBlanc, who is a citizen of Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Nation and who has won Earphones Awards for the Blackfeet author’s earlier work, ably embodies her while deftly navigating the lingo of the long haul. Wall to wall and tree top tall, good buddy."
Enjoyable Thriller • Great Pacing • Interesting Villain • Emotionally Packed Horror • Excellent Plotting

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I wanna hang out with SGJ so bad. Easily the best modern writer around, and i’m running out of his books

so cool, so sick

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This type of book is usually up my alley, but I struggled to finish. I was pretty bored with the story and the narrator was drab and monotone. There was barely an inflection for each character, which was a total miss for the killer’s voice, who was also a bit supernatural. Lots of trucking descriptions and detail, so if you don’t know your semi-trucks, be prepared to feel confused. Overall, it had potential, but I wouldn’t recommend it… especially not the audio version.

Slow and not scary

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Just great! Love the female native hero. And hero she is regardless of what she went through. Just wanted to know what happened after.

The best horror writer ever!!

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This story was wild. Favorite SGJ book I’ve listened to so far. The plot, the characters, the action—chef’s kiss. And the narration was just perfect.

Hits the ground running and never stops

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liked pretty much all parts of this novel especially character development ! The argument between Harper and her mom reminds me of all the totally inane disagreements I've ever had,pick your battles!!

interesting supernatural creature!

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