The Fallen Author:Josh Cohen From the back cover: They entice recruits with sex. These recruits are kept in line with a mixture of violence and fear: do what you're ordered, or suffer the consequences. They are the Pack. They live in secret, under assumed names and new identities, hidden away or on the run, avoiding the Pack, who cast them out. They are the fallen. ... more » He has a quiet life. He is married with a child on the way; he's successful and fulfilled. But he has his own demons to battle. He is the Listener. She fought, she killed, and she recoiled in revulsion. She ran from the Pack. She is Rachel. After that horrifying act, the Listener helps to repair Rachel's fragile psyche. Until she's well enough to return to a normal life. Until she falls in love. Until the Pack finds her. Until the Listener and the Fallen come together to save her. The Pack would see her dead. And that is something that the Listener cannot allow to happen. *** From a press release by the author: The Fallen is a novel about a girl who gets mixed up in the wrong crowd – and then gets out. It’s a novel about a man who refuses to choose between doing the right thing and doing the right thing right now. And it’s a novel that gets its teeth into you and won’t let go until the very last page. Officially classified as a thriller, The Fallen is equal parts contemporary fiction and revenge fiction. Bowing to no agenda but his own, Josh Cohen has created a story spanning five years and twice that many characters while still keeping an exciting pace throughout the entire novel. A note to readers: portions of this novel are not for the faint of heart. It contains violence and adult situations, and is not suitable for younger readers. But if you’ve got what it takes to follow the story through the dark places it will lead you, you too will learn that the journey can sometimes be more exciting than the destination. And that doing the right thing isn’t always as easy as doing the right thing right now.« less