Driven to the brink of madness, the ill-fated group struggles to survive and minor disagreements turn into violent confrontations. The searing heat of the desert gives way to biting winds and a bitter cold that freezes the cattle where they stand.
One is well-documented - the other untested, but rumoured to be shorter.ĭonner's decision will shape the lives of everyone travelling with him. They face two diverging paths which lead to the same destination.
It is time for their leader, George Donner, to make a choice. She currently lives outside Washington, D.C."Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark." - Stephen KingĪfter having travelled west for weeks, the party of pioneers comes to a crossroads. She was continually shocked by the fact that the others seemed to forget the obvious: that the mountains, like most beautiful things in this world, were deadly.Įvil was invisible, and it was everywhere.Īlma Katsu is a former senior intelligence analyst and author of Red Widow, The Fervor, The Deep, The Hunger, and The Taker trilogy. Only men who behave like them.īut like many truths, no one wanted to hear it. Effortlessly combining the supernatural and the historical, The Hunger is an eerie, thrilling look at the volatility of human nature, pushed to its breaking point. Though they dream of what awaits them in the West, long-buried secrets begin to emerge, and dissent among them escalates to the point of murder and chaos, unknowingly propelling them into one of the deadliest and most disastrous Western adventures in American history.Īs members of the group begin to disappear, the survivors start to wonder if there really is something disturbing, and hungry, waiting for them in the mountains…and whether the evil that has unfolded around them may have in fact been growing within them all along. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the isolated travelers to the brink of madness. I was skeptical about adding a horror angle to a true tale, and though it was obviously a bit loose with historical accuracy, the overwhelming sense of dread made for a fun read.Ī tense and gripping reimagining of one of America’s most haunting human disasters: the Donner Party with a supernatural twist.Įvil is invisible, and it is everywhere. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. With supplies running low and members disappearing, the group begins to wonder if evil has been residing among them all along. As the pioneer company makes its way across the Great Plains to California, they are plagued by hardships as a sinister force seems to be brewing. Audiobook Length: 10 hours and 34 minutesĪlma Katsu tells a fictional account of the real-life Donner Party but with a supernatural twist.
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