Bone White
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4.4 • 11 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A man’s search for his missing brother triggers a blood-freezing odyssey into the Alaskan wilds in a terrifying novel by an award-winning master of contemporary horror.
You should not be here . . .
Paul Gallo sees the report on the news: a disheveled loner in the remote hamlet of Dread’s Hand, Alaska, calmly admits to the murder of eight hikers and agrees to lead authorities to his victims’ graves. It’s the same bit of unsettling wilderness where Paul’s twin brother, Danny, vanished a year ago.
Assuming that Danny’s remains will be among the exhumed bodies, Paul arrives to find Dread’s Hand far from welcoming. Locals talk of superstitions, legends, and a devil that steals souls. Wooden crosses, staked in the frozen ground, cordon off the woods to keep what’s in there from coming out. Most troubling, no one can explain exactly what happened to Danny.
As Paul searches for answers, the true horrors of Dread’s Hand close in around him. The most chilling mystery of all may be how to get out of there alive.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Malfi (The Night Parade) never quite takes this vivid horror-thriller over the top. Paul Gallo's twin brother, Danny, has been missing for over a year. He was last seen in Dread's Hand, an old mining town in the boonies of Alaska. Now, out of the blue, Dread's Hand is in the news because of a bizarre series of homicides. Paul follows his brother out to Dread's Hand to see whether Danny is one of the victims. Once there, Paul realizes that there's more going on in Dread's Hand than a one-off series of killings: the tiny hamlet has a reputation of unexplained grisly deaths that goes back more than 100 years, and Paul is convinced that Danny has somehow become caught up in it. Malfi's creepy prose is stolidly workmanlike, with plentiful hair-raising enigmas and copious gore, but it's lacking the depth of emotion that would raise it to the truly terrifying.
Customer Reviews
Good until the end
A terrific supernatural story. The setting of the town is brilliant and well captured by the author. Made me see it visually. Thrilling, suspenseful. Towards the end, the last three chapters, it felt rushed. It was tied up too neatly. The explanation for what happened was not satisfying. Overall, a good horror novel. Terrific atmosphere.