<b>Award-winning novelist and cult favorite Graham Joyce transports readers to a mysterious world of isolation and fear with a hypnotically dark story about a young couple trapped by an avalanche in the remote French Pyrenees. . . a daring and powerful novel about love, loss, and rebirth.</b><br><br>In the French Pyrenees, a young married couple is buried under a flash avalanche while skiing. Miraculously, Jake and Zoe dig their way out from under the snow - only to discover the world they knew has been overtaken by an eerie and absolute silence. Their hotel is devoid of another living soul. Cell phones and land lines are cut off. An evacuation as sudden and thorough as this leaves Jake and Zoe to face a terrifying situation alone. They are trapped by the storm, completely isolated, with another catastrophic avalanche threatening to bury them alive . . . again. And as the couple begin to witness unsetÂtling events neither one can ignore, they are forced to conÂfront a frightening truth about the silent land they now inhabit. <br><br>Award-winning author Graham Joyce has written a mysteriÂous masterpiece, a tour de force that will thrill fans of Peter Straub and the hit television show <i>Lost</i>.
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I am not sure why this book has affected me so much but it has. A married couple, on a ski holiday, leave their hotel early to catch the first run of the day. The serene but exhilarating run is cut short when the couple is caught in an avalanche. The woman, Zoe, is buried, upside down, in the snow with only a small amount of air. After being dug out by her husband, Jake, they make their way down the mountain to find help. After getting back to their hotel the come to the realization that the mountain, the hotel and, indeed, the entire village is deserted. They believe, at first, that everyone has been quickly evacuated due to the threat of a larger avalanche. Soon those beliefs are shaken and they wonder if they had survived at all. I read this immediately upon the completion of another novel written by Graham Joyce and narrated by John Lee. I fall asleep at night to audiobooks so I am almost always switching between reading and listening to whatever I am reading. I fell in love with this narrator during the last book and the affair continues. He is amazing. These are the first books that I've read by Graham Joyce and this book is now among my all time FAVORITE books. Although not a traditional horror I was terrified. I have been, sadly, impossible to scare in years. The description of Zoe buried in her "snow tomb" had me on the verge of a panic attack of my own. While falling asleep to the book I had deliciously, terrifying nightmares. Throughout the tension the best part of the book is the love, the relationship, the partnership between the couple. I didn't know how much I would like this as it didn't seem to have all amazing, glowing reviews but I LOVED every minute of this book. The last book that I enjoyed this much was Bird Box. This was perfection for me. Read more
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