Despair

Colin Walker #4

by Colleen K. Snyder

“Choose. One lives. One dies.”

What do you do when hope is all you have?

Is it really all you need?

Where is God when every choice looks dark?



Erin Winger’s fiancé and his infant niece have been violently kidnapped. . The kidnappers don’t want money. They want revenge. And not against Erin or the baby’s mother. No, the kidnappers want revenge against Erin’s father. The father Erin and his sister put in prison three years ago. A cold-hearted man who has no interest in saving anyone.

Bound, gagged, and imprisoned in an abandoned shack in the deep of winter, can Erin’s fiancée and the baby survive? In the race between hypothermia and life, can they both endure the sub-freezing temperatures long enough for help to reach them?

Genres: Contemporary

243 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 5, 2021

About the author

Colleen was born in Iowa, but grew up in the San Franciso (CA) Bay area during the 1960s and 70s. She started her working career at 17, dropping coupons in cereal boxes on the assembly line for Kellogg's. Since then she has worked in Hospital Pharmacy, Teaching (infant Day Care through College Math,) and Accounting (payable and receivables; more fun to take money in than send it out!) She spent four years in the US Air Force working on (now long outdated) nuclear missiles. She also earned her Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources in 1984 from St. Leo's College Military Extension Program.
Colleen now lives in the Central Valley of California on a 5-acre "ranchette" owned by her sister, Sue. She lives with Sue, her mother, her other sister, Pat, two rescue dogs, one rescue pony, and one pony pony. She has two grown children, Katie and Bear. Bear is married and has her two grandchildren, Mara and Kaylynn. Colleen's story is for God's glory, always.

Reviews

[Elizabeth G · Rating 5 out of 5]

Colleen K. Snyder delivers a harrowing fourth installment that tests the limits of hope itself. When Erin Winger's fiancé and infant niece are kidnapped not for ransom but for revenge against her imprisoned father, the stakes become brutally personal. Snyder excels at the ticking-clock tension of the abandoned shack, the race between hypothermia and rescue played out in real time. The moral complexity elevates this above standard thriller fare: Erin must depend on a father she helped imprison, a man who has shown no capacity for sacrifice. The exploration of where God resides when every choice leads to darkness gives the suspense genuine philosophical weight without slowing the pace. Occasional passages of spiritual questioning feel slightly repetitive, and new readers may struggle with series backstory. Still, Snyder's command of physical detail and emotional stakes creates a thriller that chills both body and soul. A demanding, rewarding read for fans of faith-tested suspense.

[Lori Grube · Rating 5 out of 5]

Addicting series

Love all of these books.Too bad baby Joshua became baby Jacob halfway through the book.😅 Looking forward to the next book.