JOHN RIDLEY is best known for his "noir" novels. He wrote Stray Dogs which was turned into the cult classic movie "U-Turn" which starred SEAN PENN, JENNIFER LOPEZ [before she hit it big], and BILLY BOB THORTON. His other books have for the most part been in the same vein...

The Drift is unlike anything that RIDLEY has written before. Well, that's not exactly true. You see, RIDLEY's other book s have all been very good and The Drift is no exception. In fact The Drift may be RIDLEY's best book yet.

The Drift is the story of a man[Charles Hanson] who seems to have it all... a good job, a loving wife and a child on the way. Charles sees it differently. He sees his life becoming more and more repetitive. He feels confined... until he decides to leave it all behind for a life on the rails. That's right, he decides to become a modern day hobo. He meets many strange characters [most who wish to do him harm] and has many adventures in his effort to save a young girl from the life he has chosen for himself. The problem is, he has to find her before she is murdered. To say more would be to say too much.