Jacks Fork - Paperback

by Chris Orlet (Author)

It's the summer of 1978 in the town of Iron Mountain, Missouri. Four 15-year-old boys and their adult guardian-a hip, young Catholic priest-are on summer holiday in the Mark Twain National Forest.

Roy Haas, James Fischer, Dennis Hailey and Kevin Przybysz are about to experience the most consequential summer of their lives. During the course of a three-day camping trip, the boys will come face-to-face with an evil so decadent and depraved that it will turn their young lives upside down. In the meantime, they will have to make several life-and-death decisions that will have profound implications for the rest of their lives.

Jacks Fork

is a timeless exploration of the confusion, loneliness and search for meaning of early adulthood. What's more, it is a gripping suspense novel that will keep the reader on the edge of their seat.

Jacks Fork

is an unforgettable, darkly comic, coming-of-age crime story you will never forget.