Books by Connor Blake

About the Book

Dr. David Chen thought he'd left his past behind—until a reunion forces him to confront the worst night of his life. On a flight to Atlanta, he finds himself telling a stranger the story he's never been able to share: how five teenage misfits became bound by loyalty, torn apart by violence, and ultimately transformed by the unthinkable.

Set in 1990s Georgia, this psychological coming-of-age novel follows David's friendship with Brad Lewis, the charismatic but troubled leader of their Dungeons & Dragons group. What started as typical teenage friendship slowly darkened as Brad's home life spiraled into nightmare.

Over seven months, from November 1990 to May 1991, David and his friends watched Brad's pain transform into rage, his protective instincts twist into something deadly. They told themselves they were helping. They believed loyalty meant never walking away. They thought love could save him.

They were wrong.

Now, ten years after the movie theater shooting that made national headlines, the survivors must face the friend whose actions they couldn't prevent—and grapple with the question that has haunted them all: When someone you love becomes someone dangerous, how far will you follow them into darkness?

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