Descent

Descent: A Novel Hardcover – January 6, 2015

Author: Visit Amazon’s Tim Johnston Page | Language: English | ISBN: 1616203048 | Format: PDF, EPUB

Descent: A Novel – January 6, 2015
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• Hardcover: 384 pages


• Publisher: Algonquin Books (January 6, 2015)


• Language: English


• ISBN-10: 1616203048


• ISBN-13: 978-1616203047


• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 1.5 inches


• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)


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Descent just ascended to the top of my 2015 favorite list. So what if it’s only the first day of the new year. I feel confident this novel will hold the lead for the next 364 days. What did I like so much about Tim Johnston’s latest novel, which is scheduled for release next Tuesday, January 6? Just about everything. Driven as much by the plot as by the characters, this mystery is heartbreaking and gut-wrenching, the kind of novel that holds you captive until the wee hours of the morning.

A family of four—mother, father, brother, sister—travel to the Rocky Mountains for one last trip together before their oldest heads off to college. At dawn on their first day of vacation, Caitlin and her younger brother, Sean, leave their parents sleeping at the motel where they’re staying and hit the trails—a cross-country track star exercising her trained muscles with her brother following closely behind on his bicycle. A tragic accident occurs and only one sibling returns, broken in both body and spirit.

Grant and Angela Courtland’s marriage is in trouble from the beginning, a relationship not strong enough to weather a tragedy as horrific as a daughter gone missing and a son nearly lame. The characters are human, flawed, their emotions so raw and real. Johnston skips around in the chapters following the accident. At times I felt lost and confused and bewildered, much like I imagine this family felt. But once he narrowed his focus, I realized this story belongs to the man and his son who refuse to leave the mountain without Caitlin because they refuse to believe she’s dead.

Sean is merely a boy when his sister disappears, but in facing his grief, he becomes a man, one with more courage than physical strength. This guy has heart, always in defense of the underdog.

Descent by Tim Johnston is a highly recommended thriller/family drama.

"A daughter was your life; it was as simple as that. Her body was the only body, her heart the only heart. The most absolute, the most terrible love."

Grant and Angela Courtland have taken their children, Caitland and Sean, on a last summer vacation in Colorado before their daughter Caitland starts college in the fall. When Caitland and Sean leave their hotel for an early morning run (Caitland) and an accompanying bikre ride (Sean) in the mountains. Only Sean comes back and his return is via a hospital stay for a badly broken leg. Caitland has seemingly disappeared after accepting a ride from a stranger in an effort to get Sean help.

Suddenly the Courtlands are a family with a missing daughter and a broken son. The whole family begins to implode under the tremendous emotional toll they are undergoing between Caitland’s disappearance and Sean’s recovery. Weeks become months and then years. Angela stays at the family’s home in Wisconsin, slowly falling apart while Grant stays in Colorado, helping an elderly man while hoping to find clues leading to Caitland’s return. Sean takes off in his dad’s truck and crosses the country on his own adventure before circumstances send him back to Colorado.

Descent by Tim Johnston shows how a single choice can change so many circumstances for each of his characters.. While the writing is elegant and poetic, the actual development of all his very flawed characters is somewhat lacking. Angela’s character is the least fully formed, while the development of Grant and Sean is based more on their actions than any real insight into their psyche.

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