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Violence
A lot
Serial killer placing victims in survival scenarios; deaths; intense thriller violence
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong psychological intensity; survival game as murder framework; Silicon Valley tech culture as backdrop; missing person in mortal danger
What this book is about
Colter Shaw is a survivalist who makes a living finding missing people for reward money. When he is hired to find a young woman who has vanished near Silicon Valley, he discovers she has been placed in a deadly scenario modeled on a violent survival video game. The first Colter Shaw novel introduces Deaver's most agile protagonist — a man whose outdoors skills match his analytical mind.
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Survival game murders
Missing person
Serial killer
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