Dr. Phillip McDevitt, director of Terrace View Asylum, is intrigued by
his newest patient, a troubled young man recently transferred from the
state hospital for the criminally insane. Jamie Sommers suffers from
depression, partial amnesia, and an unaccountable fear of the dark. Dr.
McDevitt is determined to help Jamie conquer his demons, but the more he
probes the young man's fractured memories, the stranger his case
becomes....
An orphan and a bastard, Jamie grew up tough enough to handle almost
anything. Taking to the sea, he found danger and adventure in exotic
ports all over the world. He's survived foreign prisons, smugglers,
pirates, gunrunners, and even a shark attack. But what he discovered in
the quiet seaside town of Hawkes Harbor, Delaware, was enough to drive
him almost insane--and change his life forever.
Hawkes Harbor is a compelling and unpredictable new novel by one of
America's most honored storytellers.