A dark journey through madness...
The Point is a dark thriller that will allow you to witness a truly dangerous sociopath wander through madness guided by a treasured family heirloom, and a pensive young woman find her way after discovering, that which doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. With echoes of the Coen brothers’ Fargo, the folksy town of Iron Bay and the nearby north-woods community of Deer Lake are the destinations for Mr. Buchman’s many misdeeds.
G. Nykanen was born and raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This small, rural land mass seems to cultivate a wide variety of colorful characters who provide a plethora of inspiration. The Point, Nykanen’s first novel, is filled with nuances of these local characters and the landscapes one might find in the north woods.
He
wondered why she wasn’t anxious to tell him. He decided to force her
hand. Dane opened the cooler and popped open a couple beers. He handed her one.
She’ll cough it up now, he thought. She wouldn’t want to drink and
harm the baby.
She
grabbed the beer, acutely aware that she better fake drinking it or he’d be
even more suspicious. With the bottle to her lips, she decided to take a drink
small enough to be harmless but big enough to look legitimate.
Dane
looked at her, then at the beer. He grabbed the back of her head and planted a
kiss on her, driving his tongue into her mouth, verifying she’d actually drunk
it.
Was
I just taste tested? She knew he was suspicious.
“Wow,
that was a surprise!” she exclaimed, reeling away from him.
“Just
felt like I needed to break the ice,” he said as a cover.
“How
about less kissing and more talking?” she suggested.
“What
are we going to talk about?” he asked as he leaned in, batting his eyelashes
flirtatiously.
“Why
don’t you start?” she said.
Dane
grew tired of this game. It wasn’t fun to play by her rules. Grabbing her
abruptly, he squeezed, staring into her blue eyes. Nose to nose he held her,
horror building inside of her as she watched the pupils in his dark eyes
dilate; the parasite stirred.
“Say
it!” he commanded.
She
remained quiet, unsure of how to react.
“Say
it, tell me your filthy secret,” Dane directed forcefully.
“I
don’t know what you’re talking about,” she said, fear welling up inside of her.
She began screaming for help.
This
sudden outburst took him by surprise. For a split second he lessened his grasp
to peer over her shoulder, checking to see if she’d garnered the attention of
the nearby beachcombers with her screeching.
Taking
advantage of the slack in his grip, she pulled back from his grasp, pushing at
his chest as she stood to run. He lost his balance and fell backward, giving
her a head start. She ran, “Badger! Badger!” she shouted as she headed for the
safety of the others.
She
peered over her shoulder to see how close he was. She stopped cold, her steps
so short and sudden that she almost toppled over. “Oh, no, no, no.” She was
horrified to find Dane standing at the water's edge, sneering smugly in the
distance, Badger dangling from his right fist.
Instead
of chasing her when she fled, he had headed straight to the water's edge where
Badger had been happily snapping at the incoming waves. Now the little dog was
squirming and kicking wildly trying to break free of Dane’s grasp.
G. Nykanen was born and raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This small, rural land mass seems to cultivate a wide variety of colorful characters who provide a plethora of inspiration. The Point, Nykanen’s first novel, is filled with nuances of these local characters and the landscapes one might find in the north woods.
Well traveled thanks to her husband’s government career, she has lived in Europe and many of our United States over the last twenty years. She has recently returned home, moving back to her beloved Upper Peninsula where she resides with her husband and three children.
With The Point now completed, she will continue working on her next novel, Accumulation, along with continuing to develop other stories in the works.
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