The Hunger
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As featured in The New York Times Book Review Summer Reading Selection "Supernatural suspense at its finest....The best thing about The Hunger is that it will scare the pants off you." --The New York Times Book Review "Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark." --Stephen King A tense and gripping reimagining of one of America's most fascinating historical moments: the Donner Party with a supernatural twist. Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the isolated travelers to the brink of madness. Though they dream of what awaits them in the West, long-buried secrets begin to emerge, and dissent among them escalates to the point of murder and chaos. They cannot seem to escape tragedy...or the feelings that someone--or something--is stalking them. Whether it's a curse from the beautiful Tamsen Donner (who some think might be a witch), their ill-advised choice of route through uncharted terrain, or just plain bad luck, the ninety men, women, and children of the Donner Party are heading into one of one of the deadliest and most disastrous Western adventures in American history. As members of the group begin to disappear, the survivors start to wonder if there really is something disturbing, and hungry, waiting for them in the mountains...and whether the evil that has unfolded around them may have in fact been growing within them all along. Effortlessly combining the supernatural and the historical, The Hunger is an eerie, thrilling look at the volatility of human nature, pushed to its breaking point.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0735212511
ISBN13:9780735212510
Release Date:March 2018
Publisher:G.P. Putnam's Sons
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.31 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
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Creepy
Published by Darth Brooks , 3 years ago
I grew up in Northern California and have learned a lot about the Donner party as a kid. This is a really creepy story that I really enjoyed, tying together some real details with a scary story.
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