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An electrifying novel about the primal and unyielding bond between a mother and her son, and the lengths she?ll go to protect him.
Viking
August 2017
On Sale: July 25, 2017
285 pages
ISBN: 0525492682
EAN: 9780525492689
Kindle: B01NBAP3NS
Hardcover / e-Book
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Thriller | Suspense
The zoo is nearly empty as Joan and her four-year-old son soak up the last few moments of playtime. They are happy, and the day has been close to perfect. But what Joan sees as she hustles her son toward the exit gate minutes before closing time sends her sprinting back into the zoo, her child in her arms. And for the next three hoursโ the entire scope of the novelโshe keeps on running. Joanโs intimate knowledge of her son and of the zoo itselfโthe hidden pathways and under-renovation exhibits, the best spots on the carousel and overstocked snack machinesโis all that keeps them a step ahead of danger. A masterful thrill ride and an exploration of motherhood itselfโfrom its tender moments of grace to its savage powerโFierce Kingdom asks where the boundary is between our animal instinct to survive and our human duty to protect one another. For whom should a mother risk her life?
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