Many thanks to NetGalley and Hyperion Avenue for gifting me a digital ARC of the debut novel by Matt Riordan - 4.5 stars rounded up!
Adam is a college student, an athlete, never quite feeling like he fit in. But one big mistake lands him in serious trouble - he lost his scholarship and needs to earn $26,000 to finish his last year of school. Through an acquaintance, he gets a job with an Alaskan fishing crew and he learns what he's really made of. A strike among the fishing crews ignites a whole different powder keg.
Wow - if you would have told me that a book about fishing would be this tense and gripping, I wouldn't have believed it! This is why people watch reality shows such as Deadliest Cast. It sure puts a different definition on the word "work" so that the rest of us can buy our frozen seafood neatly shrink-wrapped into individual portions without too much thought about where it came from or who made it possible. This is gritty, realistic (Riordan did this work and it shows), and your heart will be in your throat. Amazing debut!
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