Book description
A mind-bending speculative thriller in which the sudden appearance of a mountain in the middle of the Pacific Ocean leads a group of scientists to a series of jaw-dropping revelations that challenge the notion of what it means to be human.
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Every so often a book comes along and blows your mind. I’m not saying this lightly. I read a fair amount, and I’m a really tough critic, and … this book was magnificent.
It drew me in from the opening pages and never let go. It isn’t just the spectacular description and terrific character development, the taut suspense and the mind-boggling plot reveals, it’s all of that plus so much more, strung together by Binge’s great writing.
A man lost in his own guilt, driven to the most impossible tasks and locations to distract himself from it, a mountain appearing…
Imagine, if you will: the world’s tallest mountain suddenly appears in the middle of the ocean. Where did it come from? What is its purpose? And what happens when dumb, curious humans (a natural but very dangerous combination) decide to go investigate?
They certainly don’t have fun! But the reader will because this horror novel is so wonderfully weird that I was gobsmacked by the time I finished. You can’t be sad when you’re wondering if there are monsters in the snow…
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