Detour. No way out

Crime
Thriller

Maya, driving her off-road vehicle with her children Clarissa and Mattia on board, has gotten lost.

She may have taken the wrong turn because of the storm, her phone has no signal and there is no trace of the Regional Road 48—outside, there are only forests and rain. After swerving to avoid a boulder falling in the middle of the road, she arrives in an abandoned village. A camper, a van, and a pair of cyclists are parked around the small square. Shortly after, another family arrives, along with five motorcyclists, a man driving a Panda, two young men on their mountain bikes, and a woman. They all seem to have ended up there by chance, and they all look around in confusion, scanning a sky that is already black at three in the afternoon. It doesn’t take long for them to realize they are trapped there, with no way out. It’s absurd, but there is neither a road nor a path they can take to leave that place, which, hour by hour, grows more menacing, as if swallowing its visitors into nothingness…

Publisher: Piemme
Target: 12+
Year: 2024
Author
Guido Sgardoli

Born in San Donà di Piave (VE), a graduate in Veterinary Medicine, and a full-time writer. He collaborated for several years with newspapers, magazines, and websites dedicated to road trips, focusing on the history and traditions of the United States. He has had a long-standing interest in Ufology, Paranormal Phenomena, Astronomy, Archaeoastronomy, and the History of the United States and Native Americans.

In addition to his love of animals, he has always cherished books since childhood. Like many people, one day he decided to write his own story. Since then, he has never stopped, and in 2004, he published his first book, followed by many others: adventurous, entertaining stories filled with various "animality" that are beloved and widely read by children and young readers.

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