Ten Sleep
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
On a cursed cattle drive through modern-day Wyoming, a young Mexican American woman is stalked by savage creatures, undead beasts, and ancient evils in this weird Western horror for readers of Nick Cutter’s Little Heaven, Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy, and Sundial by Catriona Ward.
“Up in the high lonesome country, it's not just the cattle and the work that are challenging—here there be monsters, too.” —STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES
When Greta Molina’s old friend, Tiller, offered her the job, a 10-day cattle drive across the Wyoming prairie to the ranching town of Ten Sleep, it sounded like a well-paid break. A few long days on an ATV with 320 cows and calves, alongside two guys she’s known since college, will give her time to sort out the mess in her head.
What Greta doesn’t know is the legacy of murder and rot that runs deep into the rocks of this land. As each night passes on the prairie, the trio faces mounting supernatural dangers: a ghost train of the damned, wild animals walking alongside dead ones—and evidence of a gigantic creature in the skies, one that’s supposedly been extinct for eons. And Tiller may be hiding even darker secrets the further they go. Safety is only ten sleeps away, but Greta soon realizes that may be too long for all of them to survive.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Belardes (The Deading) sets this creepy and immersive horror novel in the wilds of Wyoming and uses intermittent narration from local wildlife to create a palpable sense of unease. In the early 20th century, cattle barons made a bargain with the "mother canyon" through which they had to drive their herds—and which demanded payment in blood. That obligation was fulfilled by back from the dead gun-for-hire Tom Horn, who massacred two families who'd been squatting on the barons' land. More than one hundred years later, Greta Molina heads out on a 10-day cattle drive through the canyon. She and her two companions find their journey complicated by mysterious visions of unsettling creatures, including a giant bird strong enough to carry off a calf, and a reanimated taxidermy specimen. Greta's fraught experiences alternate with sections recounted by animals, including a courageous prairie dog seeking to fend off unusual threats to its clan. Belardes adroitly keeps readers guessing about whether his protagonists will survive their harrowing journey, while demonstrating a mastery of daylight terror. Matthew Lyons fans will be riveted.
