The White Road

ISBN-13: 9781473624597 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 304 str.

Sarah Lotz

Opis

Death waits at the top of the world in this adrenaline-laced thriller from Sarah Lotz, perfect for anyone who loves the film The Descent or John Krakauer's book Into Thin Air.

From the author of The Three, coming soon to your screen as a major BBC adaptation by Golden Globe winner Peter StraughanAdrenaline-junky Simon Newman sneaks onto private land to explore a dangerous cave in Wales with a strange man he's met online. But Simon gets more than he bargained for when the expedition goes horribly wrong. Simon emerges, the only survivor, after a rainstorm trap the two in the cave. Simon thinks he's had a lucky escape.But his video of his near-death experience has just gone viral.Suddenly Simon finds himself more famous than he could ever have imagined. Now he's faced with an impossible task: he's got to defy death once again, and film the entire thing. The whole world will be watching. There's only on place on earth for him to pit himself against the elements: Mt Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.But Everest is also one of the deadliest spots on the planet. Two hundred and eighty people have died trying to reach its peak.And Simon's luck is about to run out. Praise for THE WHITE ROAD 'An incredibly creepy and effective standalone novel that I read through in one sitting . . . A chillingly effective and haunting tale' - Sci-Fi Bulletin'The White Road is a roller-coaster ride with intriguing psychological depth' - Crime Fiction Lover'Lotz knows how to develop suspense and horror . . . Dark and unsettling, Lotz's latest taps into, and exploits, our deepest fears' - Kirkus ReviewsThe White Road will creep under your skin . . . The book is just downright creepy! I really can't recommend [it] enough' - The Speculative Herald

Recenzje

An incredibly creepy and effective standalone novel that I read through in one sitting . . . A chillingly effective and haunting tale Sci-Fi Bulletin

O autorze

Lotz, SarahSarah Lotz is a screenwriter and novelist who pens novels under the name S.L Grey with author Louis Greenberg; YA novels with her daughter, as Lily Herne; and is one third of pseudonymous author Helena S. Paige. Lauren Beukes calls her 'a natural-born storyteller. Like the hand reaching up from the dark well, she'll drag you into her thrall. You'll come up gasping.' Sarah lives in England with her family and other animals.