The Wilderness Crucible — Crucible Trilogy, Book One

Book One of the Crucible Trilogy.

When elite survivalist Alex Thorne drops into the most extreme survival competition ever devised, the rules are simple: cross five wilderness zones using only a knife, a cord, and his wits. But a sabotaged compass on the very first morning tells him the Crucible has stopped being a game — and the real test has nothing to do with the official challenges.

As competitors vanish and a storm appears from nowhere, Alex and fellow contestant Zoe Chen uncover a conspiracy reaching back six years — to a flash flood that killed three of Alex's soldiers, and the buried warning that could have saved them.

Part gripping thriller, part survival field manual — the story of a man who has to relearn the difference between an act of God and the hand of a man with a switch.

Instant digital download. 105 pages.