Book description
On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman and child in a remote gold mining town disappeared, belongings forsaken, meals left to freeze in vacant cabins; and not a single bone was ever found. One hundred and thirteen years later, two backcountry guides are hired by a history professor and…
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2 authors picked Abandon as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
History and the supernatural are my literary biscuits and gravy—it doesn’t come around often, but I readily devour it when offered. (Well, now I’m hungry, dang it.) I haven’t often encountered a tale like this featuring an abandoned mining town (thus the book’s title) that isn’t exactly abandoned. I could tell things weren’t going to go well in this novel, but like a gawker at a car accident, I went ahead and looked anyway. I’m really glad I did.
I loved the premise of a crew investigating an abandoned mining town. Folks, I can’t think of many uglier places to…
From Patrick's list on supernatural novels to feed your spooky imagination.
Crouch is near the top of my list of favorite authors. His recent science-fiction books are spectacular. Abandon was written before his sci-fi and is a different genre (thriller, horror, western mashup), so I went into it with some trepidation.
Totally unwarranted, though. This is a page-turner of a book with a cast of characters doing unspeakable things—lots of blood and killing that will shock the reader and keep you reading.
I read this book on a solo 360-mile backpacking trip, and my nightly read I always looked forward to. It kept my mind off of bears in my campsite.…
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