Rust & Stardust: A Novel

Camden, NJ, 1948. When Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth’s, she’s accosted by an FBI agent. Sally dutifully follows his orders, only to be faced with a haunting realization: He’s not an FBI agent. And he’s going to kidnap her.

This gripping novel traces the next two harrowing years for Sally as she’s held captive, forever altering her life and the lives of her family, friends, and those she meets along the way as they travel from Camden to San Jose. Sally must overcome the impossible when all hope seems lost, waiting for the day she can return home and tell her story.

Based on the experiences of real-life kidnapping victim Sally Horner and her captor, whose story shocked the nation, this heart-pounding story by award-winning author T. Greenwood at last gives a voice to Sally herself.