Scott Free
by John Gilstrap
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One of America's most acclaimed suspense writers now serves up a bracingly original nail-biter that takes us deep into the rugged terrain of the Utah mountains. Sherry Carrigan O'Toole can't seem to apply the prescriptions she offers in her bestselling self-help books to her own life. Six years after her marriage to Brandon disintegrated and he won custody of their son, Scott, there's no room in their lives for her. Hoping to win back the teenager's heart, Sherry arranges a week's skiing at show more the plush SkyTop Village resort. But Scott has other plans. Determined to evade his mother's clutches, he jumps at the chance to join a foolhardy adventure: flying a Cessna through a nighttime storm to Salt Lake City for a Metallica concert. After the plane crashes, Scott is lost and alone in the frozen wilderness, miles from anywhere anyone would search for him. As Brandon and Sherry revisit the old battles that tore them apart, they have to fight a bureaucracy that wants to abandon the search even as their son struggles to survive impossible odds. Barely alive, Scott finally finds a cabin for shelter. He thinks his troubles are over. When he discovers the truth about the man who lives there, however, it's clear that his terror has hardly begun. With his latest page-turner, John Gilstrap cements his position among today's most ingenious thriller writers. show lessTags
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I love books that have anything to do with man versus nature, survival stories. Therefore it was not surprise that I really enjoyed Scott Free by John Gilstrap. The story revolves around Scott, a sixteen year old boy who survives the crash of a small plane in the wilderness. It is winter, during a storm in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah.
So I settled down to enjoy the story of the boy who build himself a shelter in the freezing cold, fought off wolves and eventually realized that the search planes were too far away to find him and then he would have to try and walk out of the wilderness if he wanted to survive.
But this story is more than just a survival story. It turned into a genuine thriller with the introduction of side stories show more involving the President of the USA, hired killers and murder. Tension builds as Scott finds a cabin but falls into the hands of a man that we are not sure is a good guy or a bad one.
Good story, interesting characters, excellent suspense building, for me this was a book that fired on all cylinders and I enjoyed it immensely. show less
So I settled down to enjoy the story of the boy who build himself a shelter in the freezing cold, fought off wolves and eventually realized that the search planes were too far away to find him and then he would have to try and walk out of the wilderness if he wanted to survive.
But this story is more than just a survival story. It turned into a genuine thriller with the introduction of side stories show more involving the President of the USA, hired killers and murder. Tension builds as Scott finds a cabin but falls into the hands of a man that we are not sure is a good guy or a bad one.
Good story, interesting characters, excellent suspense building, for me this was a book that fired on all cylinders and I enjoyed it immensely. show less
A novel by John Gilstrap is a guaranteed excellent read and this one is no exception. His characters are so vivid, you want to meet the good ones and are on the lookout for the bad ones when you walk down you own street! Scott O'Toole hops a ride from a Utah ski resort to Salt Lake City on a tiny plane with a ski bum as a pilot so he can catch a Metallica concert. The plane crashes in the middle of nowhere and it's snowing like nobody's business. The only problem with a John Gilstrap novel is that he just doesn't write them fast enough!
Regardless of your sex or age this is a must. It was well written and presented a well thought thru perspective of mother, father, teen age son, and others. Enough suspense, violence (natural and man made) to capture your attention.
Leuk verhaal, hoewel sommige gebeurtenissen in mijn ogen TE ver gezocht waren.
Aanrader voor saaie dagen. Dat wel.
Aanrader voor saaie dagen. Dat wel.
helicopter crashed skier, hired killer, self-help mom
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John Gilstrap is the acclaimed author of Nathan's Run and AT All Costs, both of which were selections of the Literary Guild. A former firefighter and EMT, he is an explosives-safety expert and an environmental engineer. He lives with his wife and son in Virginia. (Bowker Author Biography)
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