A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year

Publishers Weekly

* Perceptive and harrowing. . . . An inventive narrative construction . . . plays on the highly unstable situation of this utterly compelling read.

Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Hostage Three

* Intelligent, empathetic, and eye-opening.

Booklist, starred review, on Hostage Three

* Vivid and poignant. . . . The narrative twist is brilliant, taking readers on an emotional ride to the very last page.

School Library Journal, starred review, on Hostage Three

[Lake] deftly paints the surreal and symbolic clash of worlds as Amy's family and their Somali hijackers settle in for what becomes several weeks of ransom negotiations and maneuverings by the British Navy. . . Lake's novel is a skillfully paced thriller that ends in heart-pounding tragedy, but the real achievement is the offshore glimpse it provides of a misunderstood, war-ravaged country.

The New York Times on Hostage Three

* This double-helix-of-a-story explores the nature of freedom, humanity, survival and hope. A dark journey well worth taking-engrossing, disturbing, illuminating.

Kirkus reviews, starred review, on IN DARKNESS