SYNOPSIS
Phoenix Island was supposed to be a boot camp for troubled children. But as one boy learns, the secrets of this jungle are as vast as they are deadly.

When sixteen-year-old boxing champ Carl Freeman jumps in to defend a helpless stranger, he winds up in real trouble; a two-year sentence at an isolated boot camp for orphans. Carl is determined to tough it out, earn a clean record, and get on with his life. Then kids start to die. Realizing Phoenix Island is actually a Spartan-style mercenary organization turning throwaway kids into super-soldier killers, Carl risks everything to save his friends and stop a madman bent on global destruction.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Dixon’s debut novel, PHOENIX ISLAND, was inspired the CBS TV series INTELLIGENCE. A former boxer, teacher, and stone mason, John now writes full time and serves as a consultant to ABC Studios. He lives in West Chester, PA, with his wife, Christina, and their freeloading pets.