When a life means the world, there is no letting go.

She’s visible through the window, sitting on the front passenger seat, waiting. The window is filled with spidery cracks and several holes. He pulls on the handle to no avail; the door is jammed, crippled from an unknown impact. He pulls again, harder, and after more resistance a mechanism inside makes a pop and the door comes ajar. He forces it open far enough to get his arm inside, the bent metal near the hinges screeching in protest.

She knows he’d never leave her here, thinks Brook. He takes her gently in hand and lifts her out of the car.

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Every single moment builds on what came before, a perfect chain of causality where everything is paid off by the end and not a single sentence is wasted.

Liza Olson, Goodreads

As a night-reader, I found myself thinking about Brook throughout the days I was reading Itsuki—the characters, the setting, the thematic threads all resonating powerfully with my own lived life.

Joshua A.H., Goodreads

Zach MacDonald achieves what all writers dream of achieving–making his readers feel a sense of loss without having any memory of this loss.

D. Gutstein, Amazon

The description of a natural disaster is brilliantly done and really made you feel as though you were there, running for your life along with the characters. The threads of plot were cleverly constructed and had you thinking all the way through.

Angus S., Amazon

MacDonald isn’t scared to tackle the ambitious challenges of including death cults and tsunamis in his fascinating first story.

Bielsa Queckle, Goodreads

The final chapters are so cleverly mind-bending that the reader can expect to post-analyze the ending.

David, Goodreads

… just enough mystery to hook you into the plot early on, and quickly you find yourself spending hours at a time reading chapter after chapter because it’s such an enjoyable experience.

Josh, Amazon

I enjoyed the story so much I would actually love to see it adapted to the big screen.

David Guillory, Goodreads