But trusting her fellow survivors? Not part of Mara’s skill set. Mara’s unusual, rugged childhood has prepared her for the discomforts and hard work ahead. And Ashley, the beautiful but inexperienced one who just wants to be famous. Whisked by helicopter to an undisclosed location, Mara meets her teammates: The grizzled outdoorsman. Now she just has to live off the land with her fellow survivors for long enough to get the prize money. She was surprised when reality TV producers came knocking at Primal Instinct-the survival school where she teaches rich clients not to die during a night outdoors-and even more shocked to be cast in their new show, Civilization. Are the producers giving them an extra challenge? Or are they wrapped up in something more dangerous? Soon Mara and the others face terrifying decisions as “survival” becomes more than a game.Ī provocative exploration of the comforts, rituals, and connections we depend upon, Small Game is a gripping page-turner and a poignant story about finding the courage to build a new life from the ground up.A gripping debut novel about a survival reality show gone wrong that leaves a group of strangers stranded in the northern wildsįour strangers and six weeks: this is all that separates Mara from one life-changing payday. When the cast wakes one morning to find something has gone horribly wrong, fear ripples through the group.

November 2022 First Mystery Crime Club PickĪ gripping debut novel about a survival reality show gone wrong that leaves a group of strangers stranded in the northern wilds.įour strangers and six weeks: this is all that separates Mara from one life-changing payday.

Small game by blair braverman