Started: 24.5.26
Finished: 25.5.26
Paperback
We've just had a really hot (for the UK) late May Bank Holiday (around 30 degrees celsius), and I've just read two books back to back set in freezing cold locations - I think that may have been a subconscious reaction, as I'm not a big fan of the hot weather.
Abandon was a remote mining town in the American West, where all the inhabitants vanished without a trace on Christmas Day in 1893. In the present day, a group including a historian and two paranormal investigators set out to try to uncover the mystery of what happened. Miles from civilization, and in the middle of a harsh blizzard, the group realise that they are not alone in the town.
I couldn't imagine what had happened to the residents of Abandon back in 1893; I was hoping for some kind of supernatural occurrence, but the reality was actually far scarier than I'd thought. I enjoyed the dual timelines, especially when they began to kind of mirror each other towards the end. Although I don't think this is based on a true story, it's certainly inspired by the history of ghost towns in the American West, and I would definitely recommend this to fans of The Hunger by Alma Katsu, and The Terror by Dan Simmons.
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