The Pack - Hardcover

Starr, Jason

3.3

721 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0441020089 ISBN 13: 9780441020089

Publisher: Ace, 2011

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"Jason Starr is hypnotically good." -Lee Child When Simon Burns is fired from his job without warning, he takes on the role of stay-at-home dad for his three-year-old son. But his reluctance pushes his already strained marriage to the limit. In the nestled playgrounds of the Upper West Side, Simon harbors a simmering rage at his boss's betrayal. Things take a turn when he meets a tight-knit trio of dads at the playground. They are different from other men Simon has met, stronger and more confident, more at ease with the darker side of life- and soon Simon is lured into their mix. But after a guys' night out gets frighteningly out of hand, Simon feels himself sliding into a new nightmarish reality. As he experiences disturbing changes in his body and his perceptions, he starts to suspect that when the guys welcomed him to their "pack," they were talking about much more than male bonding. And as he falls prey to his basest instincts, Simon must accept

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About the Author:

JASON STARR is the international bestselling author of many crime novels and thrillers, including FUGITIVE RED. Starr's other novels are COLD CALLER, NOTHING PERSONAL, FAKE I.D., HARD FEELINGS, TOUGH LUCK, TWISTED CITY, LIGHTS OUT, THE FOLLOWER, PANIC ATTACK, THE PACK, THE CRAVING, and SAVAGE LANE. He has won the Anthony Award twice, as well as the Barry Award, and his books are published in more than a dozen languages. He has also co-written four novels with Ken Bruen--BUST, SLIDE, THE MAX and PIMP, and he co-edited BLOODLINES, an anthology of horse racing stories for Vintage Books. He has written comics and graphic novels for Vertigo (THE CHILL), DC (Batman, Doc Savage, Sand, The Avenger, Boom (THE RETURNING), and Marvel (The Punisher, Wolverine Max, and the original novel ANT-MAN: NATURAL ENEMY). He also writes the official GOTHAM novels, based on the hit FOX TV show. His latest novel is the thriller, FUGITIVE RED. He lives in New York City.

Review:

"Manhattan receives a lustrous varnish of black, black humor in this sly urban fantasy thriller... Starr once again shows a real gift for satiric humor and capturing the contemporary New York scene." --Publishers Weekly

"Crime writer Starr succeeds in keeping readers on the edge of their seats....A great read; recommended for any paranormal suspense fan." (Starred Review)
--Library Journal

"Smoothly written and tweaked with humor, this urban fantasy supplies a seductive adventure that will appeal to wives as well as husbands." --Yahoo! Shine

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