Broken Trail - by Amanda Casile (Hardcover)

About the Book

Short Summary: Trapped in a forest full of malevolent spirits, a young mother must find the strength to outsmart what prowls the woods to get her children out alive.

Book Synopsis

This trail will break you . . .

After criminal psychologist Clara's divorce shatters her family, she retreats into her work. But, instead of finding comfort there, Clara develops a growing obsession with one patient, a young woman accused of murdering her boyfriend on a remote hiking trail. Desperate to discover what happened and to mend the bonds between her and her estranged daughters, Clara makes an ill-fated decision: to hike that very same trail, with her family in tow. Once they hit the trail, however, violent visions plague her dreams, and when a close encounter with a mysterious presence splits them apart, what began as a family bonding trip becomes a battle for survival. Clara must confront her own demons and the thing that prowls the forest to find her family and get them out alive before the forest claims them all, for good.

For readers who enjoy Wonderland by Zoje Stage, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King, and Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough.

Review Quotes

"Broken Trail leads us into the woods, into the crucible of our fear where the grand summation of our choices lays waiting--and no one is coming to save us." --Rae Wilde, author of I Can Fix Her

About the Author

Amanda Casile has been writing stories for as long as she can remember. Her mother still keeps a two paged story about a lonely unicorn that Amanda penned in kindergarten and read for show and tell. Since that first public reading, Amanda has continued writing and has published several short stories.

Broken Trail is her debut horror novel. Despite having always enjoyed reading and writing, Amanda pursued a different but related career in speech pathology. In her practice, she has focused in part on literacy and narrative structure, and she loves seeing kids "click" with stories for the first time. When not writing or teaching kids to talk, Amanda spends time with her own nice kids and her two naughty cats.