First Lines Friday #287, January 13th

First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. We encourage all of our fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.

-Grab your current read(s)
-Share the first line(s)
-Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists!

"Frozen slopes stretch their icy fingers to leaden skies, and winter gales sweep clean the vast, white prairies. Though captured, he escapes. Though beaten down, he rises, even as the mountains rumble and the waters rush and roar. But enemies persist. The dead and dying litter the long road to freedom, and many more much perish. My beloved..." -The Release by Tom Isbell

Yeah, this is a pretty intriguing opening! I need to read more! What about you guys? Happy reading!