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When a reality TV show contestant goes missing, woodsman and tracker Tye Caine unravels a decades-old mystery. As he follows a dark and twisted trail, specters from his past come back to haunt him.

Tye can only trust his girlfriend Kaity and his friend Gary as they navigate the heat-blasted high desert of eastern Washington state.

Then, when they thought things couldn’t get any weirder, mysterious lights on the mountain flash a message to someone lurking below, and Tye starts seeing a woman who has been dead for a hundred years.

314 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 23, 2024

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David Barbur

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August 2, 2024
Enjoyable

Very enjoyable. Something a bit different from the norm with likeable characters and a plot with plenty of twists and turns.
10 reviews
October 19, 2024
Great series! Can’t wait to see if another book follows. Very fast read! I enjoyed every minute of this series. Enjoy
142 reviews1 follower
September 16, 2024
Excellent book

Taking Refuge is an excellent book. The Tye Caine series just keeps getting better and knocked better. David Barbur has a really good series going here. I hope that we see more of these guys.
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91 reviews3 followers
August 18, 2024
I absolutely love and enjoy this series. It is never dull and always exciting.
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12 reviews1 follower
May 26, 2025
The longer story arc continues to develop and become more prominent, which pleases me - in many ways I can't wait to see where that one goes because it has the potential to take over the main focus of the series. The story itself is right up to date with its reality TV and other elements and our main characters and relationships continue to develop and, with Tye and Kaity in particular, delight with the portrayal of a pair on an even footing. Sadly I've now caught up with all of the current books so will have to wait patiently until the next instalment appears!
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10 reviews
January 24, 2025
compelling story

I could not put down. I will read more of the series. I was attracted to the story as I have some familiarity with the local area described so well. Then the plot and character development engaged me. Just left dangling enough to intrigue me to read more.
446 reviews3 followers
December 6, 2025
I've read a couple of Tye Caine books and they are always well presented with the characters nicely portrayed and the settings described in good detail. Kaity is an enigma and adds to the story nicely as do Tye's dreams sequences seeing people from the past.
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December 22, 2025
I wish there was another way to say I didn’t read a book and to remember that I didn’t except to say “read” and “abandoned” as a tag. I did not get very far in this way—naked people in a reality show? No not for me right now. But this will be the third book I have abandoned today!
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641 reviews8 followers
December 28, 2025
I've read a few of these and enjoyed them very much. This one....not so much. I found it long and boring with a lot of driving around from one place to another. Too many questions are left at the end too.
34 reviews1 follower
January 17, 2025
Favorite author

David Barbour is my favorite new author. I love his writing and it keeps me coming back for more. The Tye Caine wilderness mysteries are great!
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387 reviews10 followers
January 9, 2026
I loved this story & characters.

My first time to read this author, but not the last. I read the book from early morning , finishing at past midnight. I'll be back.
974 reviews2 followers
March 1, 2026
Another great one

The author has created an amazing account for a fantastic plot to go with an imaginative group of characters making this hard to put down
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