Title Page

Copyright Page

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

Text copyright © 2014 by Blake Crouch

No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.

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ISBN-13: 9781477822586

ISBN-10: 1477822585

Cover design by Cyanotype Book Architects

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013921807

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, NIV

Dedication Page

For my angels, Annslee and Adeline

CONTENTS

CONTENTS

ABOUT THE LAST TOWN

Then the Lord...

WE ARE THE...

PRELUDE

DAVID PILCHER

I

TWO HOURS AFTER ETHAN BURKE’S REVELATION

JENNIFER ROCHESTER

SHERIFF ETHAN BURKE

KATE HEWSON BALLINGER

JENNIFER

ETHAN

II

PILCHER

THE TURNERS

ETHAN

THE RICHARDSONS

ETHAN

HAROLD BALLINGER

ETHAN

III

ADAM TOBIAS HASSLER

THE RICHARDSONS

BELINDA MORAN

ETHAN

IV

PILCHER

PAM

TED UPSHAW

ETHAN

HASSLER

V

TED

ETHAN

THERESA BURKE

VI

HASSLER

ETHAN

THERESA

ETHAN

VII

HASSLER

THERESA

ETHAN

THERESA

ETHAN

THERESA

MUSTIN

ETHAN

KATE

ETHAN

VIII

THERESA

ETHAN

THERESA

IX

ETHAN

HASSLER

PILCHER

ETHAN

X

ONE MONTH LATER

ETHAN

EPILOGUE

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BLAKE CROUCH’S FULL CATALOG

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT THE LAST TOWN

ABOUT THE LAST TOWN

Welcome to Wayward Pines, the last town.

Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. Their children are taught that David Pilcher, the town’s creator, is god. No one is allowed to leave; even asking questions can get you killed.

But Ethan has discovered the astonishing secret of what lies beyond the electrified fence that surrounds Wayward Pines and protects it from the terrifying world beyond. It is a secret that has the entire population completely under the control of a madman and his army of followers, a secret that is about to come storming through the fence to wipe out this last, fragile remnant of humanity.

Blake Crouch’s electrifying conclusion to the Wayward Pines Series—now a Major Television Event Series debuting Summer 2014 on FOX—will have you glued to the page right down to the very last word.

Then the Lord...

Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm.

He said: “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.