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While her family drives from Central Oregon toward the destination, Natalie's fatigue and boredom are overshadowed by intrusive visions and persistent “voices” she cannot share with her parents. As the car hits bumps and the vacation excitement continues, Natalie grows torn between curiosity and fear, trying to escape what she feels in Promise before they arrive.","PRISONERS of PROMISE  \nA NOVEL  \nEVAN HARRIS  \nPickaxe Press  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nTitle Page  \nPrisoners of Promise Chapter 1  \nChapter 2  \nChapter 3  \nChapter 4  \nChapter 5  \nChapter 6  \nChapter 7  \nChapter 8  \nChapter 9  \nChapter 10  \nChapter 11  \nChapter 12  \nChapter 13  \nChapter 14  \nChapter 15  \nInterlude Chapter 16  \nChapter 17  \nChapter 18  \nChapter 19  \nChapter 20  \nChapter 21  \nChapter 22  \nChapter 23  \nChapter 24  \nChapter 25  \nChapter 26  \nChapter 27  \nChapter 28  \nChapter 29  \nChapter 30  \nChapter 31  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nThis book is a work of fiction. Any references to actual events, real places, or real people—living or dead—are intended as part of that fiction. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to real events, places or persons is purely  \ncoincidental.  \nThis book is entirely the product of the author's imagination and was written  \nwithout the  \nuse of AI. Use of this book for AI training is prohibited.  \nCopyright © 2026 by Evan Harris Sun's Anvil excerpt copyright © 2026 by Evan Harris All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any  \nmanner  \nwhatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations  \nembodied  \nin critical articles and reviews. For information, address the author.  \nFirst published by Pickaxe Press, in 2026.  \n[www.evanharrisauthor.com](www.evanharrisauthor.com)  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for.  \nISBN 979-8-9946775-0-6 (trade paperback) ISBN 979-8-9946775-1-3 (ebook) Printed in the United States of America  \nTo the unseen  \nPART 1  \nPROMISE IS...  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCHAPTER 1  \nThe Lowdown, A Cooldown, From Out-of-Town &  \nThe Townie  \nThe same things that drew Natalie to Promise made her wish her dad would turn the car around and forget the family vacation altogether.  \nIt was his bright idea to get them all up and moving from their home in Central Oregon way too early that morning. They had to maximize the amount of fun time they would have. Even if it meant that one or all of them would be too tired to enjoy it. Ever the cop, Rich Garcia was the man with the plan. Until he wasn’t. At least he had made breakfast before they hit the road.  \nHeat waves they would never reach rippled above the faraway tarmac, threatening to overcome the car ’s air conditioning and boil Natalie’s brain. She struggled to keep her eyes open against the high summer sun as it glared down at her through the car window.  \n“Do you want to take a look at the brochure before I pack it away?” Mom asked from the front passenger seat, perhaps sensing Natalie’s fatigue and boredom.  \nNatalie reached over Mom’s shoulder and took the folded piece of waxy, high-gloss paper depicting their destination.  \nDad had received the brochure for the beachfront resort community of Promise, California along with a whole bunch of other “marketing swag”—his words—after registering for their stay using Todd and Lisa’s special login. Natalie had already explored the town’s complete website on her phone  \nduring the first leg of their trip. But it was kind of fun to look at the old-style printed material.  \nPromise offered every amenity. A golf course, a spa, a surf shop where they could take lessons, even a rollercoaster up on some mountain. There looked to be plenty of glamorous shops for Mom and Lisa to poke around in, and every kind of restaurant Natalie could imagine. The town’s façade of 1950s nostalgia leapt off the page, right down to the soda fountain and barbershop pole. But the town hadn’t been around that long.  \nPrevious digging on unaffiliated websites told Natalie that the place had sprung up almost overnight. It was developed by the Burnaby Company—as in Clem Burnaby, America’s most beloved toy maker. Natalie still had a bunch of Burnaby creations stuffed in the back of her closet at home. 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