The audience will feel the pressure closing in on them as they, like the characters, race through hairpin turns in the plot toward a breathless climax.'-Publishers Weekly, Starred Review'Debut novelist Bodeen effectively builds the claustrophobic suspense with each chapter as readers slowly discover the Compound is not the refuge it seems. Adlington fans., * 'A high-wire act of a first novel, a thriller that exerts an ever-tighter grip on readers. Combining elements of Margaret Peterson Haddix's Running Out of Time (1995) and Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go (2005), published for adults, this post-apocalyptic thriller will also pique the interest of Nancy Werlin and L.J. Adlington fans.' -Booklist 'Suspenseful and riveting, this debut novel raises serious issues about what it means to survive.'- Kirkus Reviews, Debut novelist Bodeen effectively builds the claustrophobic suspense with each chapter as readers slowly discover the Compound is not the refuge it seems. The audience will feel the pressure closing in on them as they, like the characters, race through hairpin turns in the plot toward a breathless climax.'-Publishers Weekly, Starred Review 'Debut novelist Bodeen effectively builds the claustrophobic suspense with each chapter as readers slowly discover the Compound is not the refuge it seems.

Adlington fans.' - Booklist 'Suspenseful and riveting, this debut novel raises serious issues about what it means to survive.' - Kirkus Reviews, * 'A high-wire act of a first novel, a thriller that exerts an ever-tighter grip on readers. The audience will feel the pressure closing in on them as they, like the characters, race through hairpin turns in the plot toward a breathless climax.' - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review 'Debut novelist Bodeen effectively builds the claustrophobic suspense with each chapter as readers slowly discover the Compound is not the refuge it seems. The audience will feel the pressure closing in on them as they, like the characters, race through hairpin turns in the plot toward a breathless climax., '* A high-wire act of a first novel, a thriller that exerts an ever-tighter grip on readers. * A high-wire act of a first novel, a thriller that exerts an ever-tighter grip on readers.

The Compound by S.A. Bodeen