Dark Horizons, Dan Smith
Dark Horizons, Dan Smith
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Dark Horizons

Author: Dan Smith

Narrator: Max Dowler

Unabridged: 15 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orion

Published: 02/23/2017

Synopsis

After caring for his mother in her last days, Alex has gone off round the world - with no plan other than to travel and maybe recapture some of his lost youth. Beginning his travels in Indonesia, the idea of finding himself sounds appealing...but soon, he finds himself in real trouble.

It starts with a bus crash on a terrifying mountain road. Lucky to escape with his life, Alex loses everything else - even his identity. But then he meets Domino, a beautiful girl who takes Alex under her wing. At first it's an intoxicating adventure, but Alex starts to realise that danger seems to follow her around. As they approach the magnificent Lake Toba, and head to the remote community of free spirits that Domino calls home, it seems there's trouble in paradise.

The ideals of the camp seem honourable - a simple life, shared by friends in a beautiful place hidden from the world. But Domino has no answers for the questions that are forming in Alex's mind: Why do the local villagers hate them so much? Why are people leaving the camp in the dead of night? And what are the strange shapes lurking just beyond the clearing?

A taut, atmospheric and emotive thriller, DARK HORIZONS transports you to the lush landscapes of Sumatra, and the twisted ideals and deadly secrets lying in wait there...

(p) 2017 Orion Publishing Group

About Dan Smith

Dan Smith grew up following his parents across the world to Africa, Indonesia and Brazil. He has been writing short stories for as long as he can remember and has been published in the anthology MATTER 4, shortlisted for the Royal Literary Fund mentor scheme, the Northern Writers Awards, the 2010 Brit Writers Published Author of the Year award and the Authors' Club First Novel award. He lives in Newcastle with his family. Find out more at www.dansmithsbooks.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tripfiction

Thriller set in SUMATRA The book opens as Alex, a 20-something young man from Newcastle, is lying on the tarmac, somewhere in Indonesia, having been thrown clear of the bus in which he was travelling. It has crashed and beside him a woman is dying. A short while later he wakes up in hospital with a ‘......more

Goodreads review by Victoria

Winner of the 2005 Northern Promise Award, Dan Smith follows up his debut novel, ‘Dry Season’, and transports readers to yet another far-flung destination with this startling tale about drugs, betrayal and death. Dark Horizons tells the story of Alex, who put his life on hold to nurse his terminally......more

Goodreads review by Nicola

Let me start by saying that this isn't normally the kind of book I read, I picked it up because it is by a regional author. It took me a little while to get into at first, probably for this reason - but once I was into it I could not put it down! The characters are really well-developed - I really c......more

Goodreads review by Anthony

I enjoyed this story. The suspenseful parts hit home, but many times (especially towards the end) I got frustrated with Alex. Like, GO THE F*** HOME, BRO! You've known these people for a week and you don't owe them S**T! You've had your chance to escape, your ticket to freedom has landed into your l......more

Goodreads review by Cilla

read something similar about a backpacker stumbling across a hippie, drop-out commune in Indonesia, situated by a lagoon, bay. Appears to be the perfect idyll, utopia, where everyone is friendly but there are serious undercurrants involving drugs and volatile relationshipsd. The film, The Beach star......more

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