White Oaks

Ten years after Jason Miller killed his best friend in Afghanistan, another drug overdose results in him being sent to White Oaks Mental Hospital to be evaluated as a suicide risk, or so he believes. Soon, Jason realizes the one thing he has in common with the other patients: they are all alone in the world, with no one to follow up on anything being done to them. What, at first, appears to be a chance to finally get clean and start rebuilding his life becomes a desperate struggle to save himself and the other patients from the horrible realities waiting for them behind the walls of White Oaks.

Richard Thomas, author of Disintegration, and Breaker (a Thriller Award nominee)

"It's only paranoia if it's not true. White Oaks is a haunting story of isolation, loss, friendship, and family. With echoes of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Homecoming, and The Things They Carried, Jordan King has crafted a visceral novel that breaks your heart as it cauterizes old wounds."

Lee Martin, author of the Pulitzer Prize Finalist, The Bright Forever

"What happens when an opioid-addicted war veteran finds out the hospital that's supposed to be helping him isn't what it seems at all? Jordan King's White Oaks takes us into a world of terror and survival. This fast-paced novel maintains its tension to the very end."

About the Author

Jordan King earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Miami of Ohio. His non-fiction essay "Lost Time: A Road Trip Journal" was published in Adelaide Literary Magazine, February 2019. White Oaks was a finalist in the Ohio Writer’s Associations’ Great Novel Contest of 2019, and is Jordan’s debut novel. He lives in Central Ohio with his wife and son.

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