Chris Norbury's "Castle Danger" a 2017 B.R.A.G. Medallion Honore

Fugitive Matt Lanier, unjustly accused of a violent crime, has been hiding in the northeastern Minnesota wilderness for nine months. The law wants him in jail. His enemies want him dead. He simply wants to survive the most brutal winter in decades. After rescuing an injured trapper, Matt is forced to leave his primitive encampment. He undertakes a Herculean trek through a blizzard to Castle Danger, a small town on the rugged North Shore of Lake Superior. There he’s saved from near death by Allyson Clifford, a shrewd and beautiful restaurant owner with secrets of her own. Despite wanting to move on in order to evade his pursuers, Matt helps Allyson weather a business crisis as repayment for her benevolence. Then Allyson’s estranged husband, Donnie Vossler, shows up intent on reclaiming their 8-year-old son, Josh. Caught in the middle of the custody battle, Matt learns about Allyson and Vossler’s criminal past life together and is torn between self-preservation and his growing feelings for Allyson and Josh. Matt's recent past has left him with little hope for the future, so when Vossler resorts to sabotage, kidnapping, and attempted murder to capture his son, Matt's integrity, honor, and survival instincts are put to the ultimate test just as a hit man hired by his enemies closes in for the kill.

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About the author

Chris Norbury is an author and freelance writer whose first novel, Castle Danger, was published in 2016. In 2017, Castle Danger was honored with a B.R.A.G. Medallion from the website indieBRAG.com and an Honorable Mention in the Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards. His second novel, titled Straight River, will be published in 2018. He has written articles on wilderness canoeing for the Boundary Waters Journal and has written for the websites Brokerage-Review.com and thinkingoutsidetheboxe.com. His freelance areas of interest include politics, current events, finance and investing, economics, golf, canoeing, camping, traveling, food, and wine. Norbury has been a volunteer Big Brother in his community since 2000 and donates a portion of his book profits to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Minnesota. Born and raised in the Twin Cities, he currently lives in Owatonna, MN with his wife and golf clubs. During golf season in Minnesota, Chris works on perfecting his golf game, an impossible dream but also a good excuse to get out of the office. To learn more, please visit his website, chrisnorbury.com.