But I was also apprehensive as I often find I am not on the bandwagon with hyped books. I had read some positive reviews of this book and even Stephen King endorsed it, so I was very excited to start it. Seriously, I picked this book up after I had read 'The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing saga of the Donner party' (It's wonderful and I highly recommend it.) I was worried that I would not like this book as much. Is it okay to say that I devoured this book? 'Maybe it takes one demon to keep the others away.' He paused. As members of the party begin to disappear, they must ask themselves 'What if there is something waiting in the mountains? Something disturbing and diseased.and very hungry?' While the ill-fated group struggles to survive in the treacherous mountain conditions-searing heat that turns the sand into bubbling stew snows that freeze the oxen where they stand-evil begins to grow around them, and within them. Whether it was a curse from the beautiful Tamsen, the choice to follow a disastrous experimental route West, or just plain bad luck-the 90 men, women, and children of the Donner Party are at the brink of one of the deadliest and most disastrous western adventures in American history. They cannot escape the feeling that someone-or something-is stalking them. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the pioneers to the brink of madness. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party.

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