Gemma, 16, is on layover at Bangkok Airport, en route with her parents to a vacation in Vietnam. She steps away for just a second, to get a cup of coffee. Ty-rugged, tan, gorgeous, too old, oddly familiar-pays for Gemma's drink. And drugs it. They talk. Their hands touch. And before Gemma knows what's happening, Ty takes her. Steals her away. The unknowing object of a long obsession, Gemma has been kidnapped by her stalker and...
Gemma, 16, is on layover at Bangkok Airport, en route with her parents to a vacation in Vietnam. She steps away for just a second, to get a cup of coffee. Ty-rugged, tan, gorgeous, too old, oddly familiar-pays for Gemma's drink. And drugs it. They talk. Their hands touch. And before Gemma knows what's happening, Ty takes her. Steals her away. The unknowing object of a long obsession, Gemma has been kidnapped by her stalker and brought to the desolate Australian Outback. This wild and desolate landscape becomes almost a character in the book, so vividly is it described.
Stolen is Gemma's gripping story of survival-of how she has to come to terms with her living nightmare or die trying to fight it.
Praise for Stolen
"Christopher's first novel is a complex psychological study that is also a tribute to the hypnotic beauty of the outback" and provides "ample opportunity for thought and discussion."-Booklist
"From its compelling opening, the novel delivers taut suspense and a riveting plot in a haunting setting."-Kirkus
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