From USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood comes an extraordinary novel that "will leave its mark on your heart" (Benjamin Percy).
In a small Pennsylvania town, one of the most famous women in history - a woman who the world has believed dead for almost two decades - is dying.
John Chambers walked away from his life eighteen years ago to become the woman's bodyguard. He gave up everything - including the woman he loved - because he believed that was his destiny.
But destiny has other ideas.
In the tradition of Bright Lights, Big City and A Prayer For the Dying, New Avalon is Robert Swartwood's finest work yet.
Praise for New Avalon:
"New Avalon is a suspenseful examination of love, loyalty, and identity that gathers steadily in tension and will leave its mark on your heart." - Benjamin Percy, bestselling author of The Wilding and Red Moon
"Like middle-period Hitchcock, New Avalon opens sedately, slowly revealing an off-kilter world based on the most precarious secrets. Using a sneaky second-person, Robert Swartwood has crafted a satisfying revenge tragedy about identity and destiny." - Stewart O'Nan, bestselling author of The Good Wife and Last Night At The Lobster
Genre: Literary Fiction
In a small Pennsylvania town, one of the most famous women in history - a woman who the world has believed dead for almost two decades - is dying.
John Chambers walked away from his life eighteen years ago to become the woman's bodyguard. He gave up everything - including the woman he loved - because he believed that was his destiny.
But destiny has other ideas.
In the tradition of Bright Lights, Big City and A Prayer For the Dying, New Avalon is Robert Swartwood's finest work yet.
Praise for New Avalon:
"New Avalon is a suspenseful examination of love, loyalty, and identity that gathers steadily in tension and will leave its mark on your heart." - Benjamin Percy, bestselling author of The Wilding and Red Moon
"Like middle-period Hitchcock, New Avalon opens sedately, slowly revealing an off-kilter world based on the most precarious secrets. Using a sneaky second-person, Robert Swartwood has crafted a satisfying revenge tragedy about identity and destiny." - Stewart O'Nan, bestselling author of The Good Wife and Last Night At The Lobster
Genre: Literary Fiction
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