The Curve Of The World

A Novel.

'He runs for an hour, maybe less. The sun breaks through the canopy only in shattered fragments. When it clouds over, it becomes impossible to judge time at all. At last he stops. He's maybe a couple miles into the forest. There is no noise, no sound of anyone following, no helicopters, no shooting. His captors seem to have resigned him to the forest and the din of insects and birds and the rotting humidity of the bush.'

When his plane is forced to make an emergency landing in a remote area of the Congo basin and rebels seize the aircraft, Lewis Burke, a New York businessman, flees into the rainforest, only to find himself alone in a world where no rules apply and with no way out.

As Lewis struggles to survive under the thick canopy of trees, battling thirst and hunger in the unrelenting heat, he confronts his deepest fears - and his greatest disappointments: his crumbling marriage; his distant relationship with his young son; and the lack of meaning in his life.

Powerfully written, 'The Curve Of The World' is a heartrending and heart-pounding page-turner that explores the limits of human resilience and the tenacity of the human spirit.