JBC Book Review: THE ASCENT by Adam Plantinga (2024)

A high-octane thrill ride for fans of TJ Newman's DROWNING and Adrian McKinty's THE ISLAND...

In the wake of his wife’s death, Kurt Argento has little left to live for. His “no fucks to give” attitude soon gets him fired from the Detroit Police (he beats the shit out of a felon who pees on his car), and decides to drive to California to spread his wife’s ashes. On the way there, he is arrested and brutally beaten by a corrupt sheriff and charged…