From USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood comes an extraordinary novel that "will leave its mark on your heart" (Benjamin Percy).

In a small Pennsylvania town, one of the most famous women in history - a woman who the world has believed dead for almost two decades - is dying.

John Chambers walked away from his life eighteen years ago to become the woman's bodyguard. He gave up everything - including the woman he loved - because he believed that was his destiny.

But destiny has other ideas.

In the tradition of Bright Lights, Big City and A Prayer For the Dying, New Avalon is Robert Swartwood's finest work yet.

Praise for New Avalon:

"New Avalon is a suspenseful examination of love, loyalty, and identity that gathers steadily in tension and will leave its mark on your heart." -Benjamin Percy, bestselling author of The Wilding and Red Moon

"Like middle-period Hitchcock, New Avalon opens sedately, slowly revealing an off-kilter world based on the most precarious secrets. Using a sneaky second-person, Robert Swartwood has crafted a satisfying revenge tragedy about identity and destiny." -Stewart O'Nan, bestselling author of The Good Wife and Last Night At The Lobster