Tosca Lee - The Line Between

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VERDICT: Lees perfectly crafted dystopian thriller will keep readers up all night and have them begging for a sequel.

Library Journal (starred review)

A tight, fast-paced thriller, with a winding, twisty plot and an intrepid protagonist.

Booklist

A fast-paced and deeply human story. Tosca Lee has put together a terrifying apocalyptic scenario, made all the more real through the eyes of a protagonist who comes to life on the page.

Patrick Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Runner

The Line Between blurs the line between science fiction and terrifying real science. Tosca Lee gives us a cautionary tale that is beautifully written and deeply unnerving!

Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of V-Wars

The perfect blend of spellbinding and heart stopping, The Line Between is an absolute must-read. Tosca whips up a thriller that is emotionally wrenching yet utterly believable, the kind of story that is sure to leave readers breathless and begging for more. This well-written, carefully plotted tale is apocalyptic fiction at its finest!

Nicole Baart, New York Times bestselling author of You Were Always Mine

Everything you want in a thriller: suspense, intrigue, and, best of all, a truly captivating protagonist to cheer on. Throw in a white-knuckled race from Chicago to Colorado over back roads that this author obviously and respectfully knows well. This ones a slam-dunk thatll keep you reading, non-stop until the very last sentence.

Alex Kava, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Breaking Creed

[A] moving dystopian thriller... Lee gets readers to invest in the characters, particularly her well-defined and sympathetic lead.

Publishers Weekly

Relevant and frighteningly real, The Line Between is an infectiously good read. Be prepared to lose sleep.

Brenda Novak, New York Times bestselling author of Face Off

Tosca Lee nailed the twists and turns in this masterfully crafted thriller.

Steena Holmes, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Forgotten Ones

Tosca Lees The Line Between is terrifyingly close to a future reality. An utterly immersive tale of apocalyptic cult manipulation and all-too-possible infectious epidemics, this story will have readers holding their breath on every page and dearly wishing for their own basement survivalist shelter. Perfect, chilling entertainment.

Lydia Kang, bestselling author of A Beautiful Poison

An edge-of-your-seat, nonstop, apocalyptic rollercoaster of a thriller! As only she can, Tosca Lee pulls the reader in and refuses to let go until the final heart-pounding page!

J.D. Barker, international bestselling author of The Fourth Monkey

Wynters daring escape draws the reader into a maze of intrigue and false realities, as a bona fide apocalypse grips humanity. This frighteningly topical page-turner from Tosca Lee is a wild ride that will leave you breathless.

Maria Frisk, producer, Radar Pictures

A tremendous thrill-ride that is sure to linger long after you turn the last page. With compelling and memorable characters, this is a true run-for-your-life, end-of-the-world, amazingly realistic tale full of twists and turns that will have your heart pounding.

E. C. Diskin, bestselling author of Broken Grace

Shades of The Handmaids Tale and The Walking Dead blend together in an epic novel of depth and power. Tosca Lees The Line Between is a breathtaking story of a woman who rises above her own dark past to stop civilization from descending into madness. Brilliant.

K.J. Howe, international bestselling author of Skyjack

Smartly written, tautly paced, with an utterly irresistible protagonist, The Line Betwee n is pure exhilaration on a page.

Emily Carpenter, bestselling author of Burying the Honeysuckle Girls

The Line Between is a nail-biter... one horrific thriller fans will want to read. The conflicting urges rampant in the story resonate with our world today, making this both a great read as well as a cautionary tale.

Nancy Kilpatrick, award-winning author of the Thrones of Blood series

The Line Between by Tosca Lee had me captivated from page one! I give this book five stars and plan to keep it in my bug-out bag, along with my MREs, first aid kit and Swiss Army knife.

Merrie Destefano, author of Valiant

A true wordsmith, Tosca has crafted another page-turner, a nonstop thrill ride that will leave you breathless.

Steven James, bestselling author of Every Wicked Man

For Jimmy and Julie.

I waited half a lifetime for the chance to say I love you.

Ive got a lot of tattling, breaking your stuff, and embarrassing you in front of your friends to catch up on.

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An infectious agent that causes proteins to misfold, causing progressive deterioration of the brain and nervous system in mammals, including humans. It is always fatal.

T he farmer moved into the woods looking for his pigs.

Jilly! Jilly! he called. Hed named the sow after his first wife, whod grown about as fat as the woolly Hungarian blonde, if not quite as hairy. But unlike his ex-wife, Jilly usually came when called, which meant it must be time. The sow was expecting her third litter, and for some reason beyond his understanding, every pig in the sounder had to traipse off into the forest with her to make the farrowing a community event.

He stepped over fallen tree trunks and bent to duck several others. There wasnt a single tree in this patch that was plumb. Drunken forest, the climate change people called ita more subtle sign of melting permafrost than the sinkholes in town. Aside from the new buckles in his road, he didnt mind much; warm weather meant more growing days for his new garden. Soon as the pigs got done rooting up this patch, he planned to clear the fallen trees and plant some vegetables. Just enough to beat back the high cost of fresh produce a little, maybe even sell some at the Tanana Valley farmers market. Who knewmaybe in a year or two hed look into growing some midnight sun cannabis.

Jilly girl! he called, nearly tripping over what he thought was a root until he recognized it for what it was: a bone. He squatted down, tugged, and came away with half a shoulder blade. Caribou, by the size of it. Thing still had gristle on it, leathery and black except where a hunk had been freshly torn away. God only knew how long that thing had been buried in the mud.

He stood up and kicked around, unearthing what was left of the carcass, which wasnt much. One thing hed learned, the Mafia legend held true: a dead body wouldnt stand a chance against pigs. Nor did living chickens that wandered too close to the pen. Hed learned that the hard way.