Abandon
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…
Why read it?
1 author picked Abandon as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
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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