Faint of Heart

By: Jeff Strand

Narrated by: Cassandra Arnold

NOTE: This book is included in the collection FIVE NOVELLAS by Jeff Strand.

A 32,000-word novella of brutal suspense by the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of PRESSURE, DWELLER, and WOLF HUNT.

Rebecca Harpster is frightened of spending the night alone, but she assures her husband Gary that she'll be fine when he goes out camping with his buddies for the weekend. They have a safe little home in the woods of Alaska with an excellent security system. Yeah, she knows she'll spend the entire time jumping at every noise, but she also knows that the danger is all in her head.

By Sunday night, Gary still hasn't returned.

And when somebody shows up at the house, it's not her husband.

At gunpoint, Rebecca learns what has happened. Two men have kidnapped Gary. He went through a weekend of pure hell.

They'll give him back to her, but first, Rebecca has to relive his entire experience, step by horrific step...and survive...

©2012 Jeff Strand (P)2024 Jeff Strand

Critic reviews

"Marvelously creepy reading." -- Publishers Weekly on PRESSURE

Not my favorite Jeff Strand book

This past year or two Ive become a pretty big Jeff Strand fan. Ive managed to listen to or read every book hes put out fhat isnt a short story collection. Ive listened to the Andrew Mayhem series twice and Bring Her Back 3 times. This is basically unheard of for me. Ill reconsume a few cherished book series every 5 years or so, but almost never re-read anything. Anyways, on a sliding scale of his work this book is subpar. When compared to 90% of the other books I read and listen to, this is a solid 4 stars. It seemed a bit rushed and the dark humor Im used to experiencing seemed a bit lacking. Still Ill be spending another credit on the next book he pushes out.