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by Graham Joyce
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 unsettling events neither one can ignore, they are forced to confront a frightening truth about the silent land they now inhabit.
Award-winning author Graham Joyce has written a mysterious masterpiece, a tour de force that will thrill fans of Peter Straub and the hit television show Lost.
"Its slow pace and beautiful prose build to a clever apex. Fans of the supernatural will enjoy this original love story." - Library Journal
"An affecting story of soul mates and the elements that bind them together." - Kirkus Review
"By the time the tale sounds its final bittersweet note, readers will remember the passionate emotional bond the two [characters] have shared and self-sacrifices that are the hallmark of a love that can transcend death." - Publishers Weekly
"Graham Joyce's near-perfect novella of near-death experience, isolation and winter cold is a tour de force...Part of the point of this book is not our fascination with Zoe and Jake's eventual fates; it is also the austerity with which Joyce depicts it." - The Independent (UK)
"Joyce is skilled at delineating the fracture lines of relationships...showing how their love for each other withstands and overcomes the growing mystery of their circumstances." - The Guardian (UK)
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Graham Joyce, a winner of the O. Henry Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the World Fantasy Award, lives in Leicester, England, with his family. His books include How to Make Friends with Demons, Smoking Poppy, Indigo (a New York Times Notable Book of 2000), The Tooth Fairy (a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998), and Requiem, among others.
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