Abandon

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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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Why read it?

2 authors picked Abandon as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Patrick Keithahn

Author

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.

Scott A. Bollens

Author

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.…

From Scott's 3 favorite reads in 2023.

Broken Mirror

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What is my book about?

A fractured mind or a global conspiracy? Uncovering the truth can be hell when nobody believes you… and you can’t even trust yourself.

"A fantastic science fiction thriller with a sincere and important message.”—Kirkus Reviews.

“A breathtaking, deeply dark alternate-history Earth with complex characters, layered worldbuilding, and twist after twist after twist.”—Julianna Caro, Reedsy Discovery.

Broken Mirror is the first volume in a queer psychological science fiction saga that looks at the stigma of mental illness and the hellish distrust and alienation that goes with it.

Broken Mirror

By Cody Sisco,

What is this book about?

Broken Mirror: the start of a smart, complex, and imaginative cyberpunk alternate history saga. Literary science fiction from a fresh, young voice.

In a skewed mirror universe, a mentally ill young man searches for his grandfather’s killer.

Someone killed Jefferson Eastmore. His grandson Victor is sure of it, but no one believes him.

Diagnosed with mirror resonance syndrome and shunned by Semiautonomous California society, Victor suffers from hyperempathy, blank outs, and sensory overload. Jefferson devoted his life to researching mental illness and curing Broken Mirrors like Victor through genetic engineering, but now that he’s gone, Victor must walk a narrow…

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