21世紀的天災人禍，像是美國911恐怖攻擊、南亞大海嘯、中國四川大地震、台灣921地震等等，動輒造成數百、上千甚至上萬人傷亡的大災難，遭受重大衝擊的災區民眾，往往蒙上心理、精神疾病的陰影。本書由從事災難精神醫學培訓和服務的美國進階精神醫學團體(Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry)及災難精神醫學外展服務(DisasterPsychiatry Outreac
When a night-time call to 911 from a secluded Wisconsin vacation house is cut short, offduty deputy Brynn McKenzie leaves her husband and son at the dinner table and drives up to Lake Mondac to investigate. Was it a misdial or an aborted crime report?Brynn stumbles onto a scene of true horror and narrowly escapes from two professional criminals. She and a terrified visitor to the weekend house, Michelle, flee into the woods in a race for their lives. As different as night and day, and stripped of modern-day resources, Brynn, a tough deputy with a difficult past, and Michelle, a pampered city girl, must overcome their natural reluctance to trust each other and learn to use their wits and courage to survive the relentless pursuit. The deputy's disappearance spurs both her troubled son and her new husband into action, while the incident sets in motion Brynn's loyal fellow deputies and elements from Milwaukee's underside. These various forces race along inexorably toward the novel's gritty
