Why a Booktrail?
2000s: A friend in danger. A shadowy psych ward. A conspiracy beyond Reznick’s worst nightmares.
Hard Fall
What you need to know before your trail
When an old Delta Force buddy comes to Jon Reznick for help, paranoid and fearing for his life, Reznick feels duty-bound to protect him. As a black-ops specialist, loyalty to his brothers in arms comes before everything—even the law.
But Jerry White proves difficult to protect. A runaway from a top-security psychiatric facility in upstate New York, he’s considered a danger to himself and others, and Reznick is powerless to stop shadowy senior hospital managers taking Jerry back by force. When FBI Assistant Director Martha Meyerstein warns him off, Reznick ignores her advice, suspecting the Wittenden Institute is not what it seems.
Digging deeper into the hospital’s background—and that of its esteemed manager, Dr. Robert Gittinger—Reznick begins to unravel a sinister plot that will bring warzone black ops to American soil. And when his own life comes under threat, he discovers that Jerry is trapped in a web of high-level conspiracies more terrifying than anything he has ever encountered…
Locations
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Rockland, Maine
Reznick has an oceanfront home. He knows Penobscot bay like the back of his hand. The quiet, pine-lined roads. the peaceful harbours and unspoiled beaches just off US1!
Penobscot Bay
The area he knows well. And it’s a lovely place to get to know! Penobscot Bay and Penobscot River are named for the Penobscot Indian Nation, which has continuously inhabited the area for more than ten thousand years.
Bar Harbor
Hank White has a trailer here
Bar Harbor is a town on Mount Desert Island along Maine’s Frenchman Bay. It serves as a gateway to the mountains and cliffs of neighboring Acadia National Park
Just over the water from Bald Eagle island…and if that’s not a good enough name for you….
Owls head is where McNulty lives close by. Bird body parts ahoy!
Ithaca
Ithaca is a city in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It’s located on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York. It is named for the Greek island of Ithaca
Home to Cornell University, an Ivy League school so there’s plenty of students living here.
This takes a darker tone in the novel as it’s where the fictional Ithaca hospital – the Wittenden institute – is located.
There’s a lot of toing and froing in this novel as the search for answers hots up. Boston, Stockbridge, Massachusetts…where will the trail end? The main settings are Rockand, Maine and Ithaca so they’re on the map.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Hard Fall
Destination : Rockland, Ithaca, USA Author/Guide: J. B. Turner Departure Time: 2000s
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