Runaway

by Derek Nikitas

On a long, aimless summer day, Jeremy and Auden find that their secret fort has been breached. Inside they discover a ragged young girl, holding a serrated kitchen knife. Rhonda Peach is a runaway, and as the two boys befriend her and spend more time with her, the stories she weaves—and the lies she tells—begin to shake their naive, fragile world. Then, when Auden and Rhonda go missing, Jeremy begins a search that quickly unravels into a surreal nightmare.

28 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 3, 2014

About the author

Derek Nikitas is the Edgar-award nominated author of the crime/mystery novels *Pyres* and *The Long Division* (a Washington Post Best Book of 2009 selection).

He has also written a science fiction adventure novel for Young Adults called *Extra Life* and has co-written several "Bookshots" books with bestselling novelist James Patterson, including *Diary of a Succubus* and *You've Been Warned--Again.*

He lives in Rhode Island.

Reviews

[The Endless Unread · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very peculiar book. The storyline was okay but it could've been developed into so much more.