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The Hunger


A Horror Novel


Subgenres:

  • Historical Horror,
  • Supernatural Horror,
  • American West,
  • Survival Horror,
  • Witch Horror
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Historical horror with a supernatural twist on the Donner Party
  • Witchy suspicion and paranoia among desperate pioneers
  • Group survival stories where secrets and mistrust turn deadly

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Everyone knows the story of the Donner Party. How they left too late. Were plagued with unfortunate tragedies along the way. But what if all of their misfortune was because of one monstrous woman? That’s what some in the party think. That Tamsen Donner is a witch. Something is following them. Something has cursed them. And maybe if they can stop Tamsen, they just might survive.

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Supernatural suspense at its finest...

A tense and gripping reimagining of one of America's most fascinating historical moments: the Donner Party with a supernatural twist.

Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the isolated travelers to the brink of madness.

Though they dream of what awaits them in the West, long-buried secrets begin to emerge, and dissent among them escalates to the point of murder and chaos. They cannot seem to escape tragedy...or the feelings that someone--or something--is stalking them.

Whether it's a curse from the beautiful Tamsen Donner (who some think might be a witch), their ill-advised choice of route through uncharted terrain, or just plain bad luck, the ninety men, women, and children of the Donner Party are heading into one of one of the deadliest and most disastrous Western adventures in American history.

As members of the group begin to disappear, the survivors start to wonder if there really is something disturbing, and hungry, waiting for them in the mountains...and whether the evil that has unfolded around them may have in fact been growing within them all along.

Effortlessly combining the supernatural and the historical, The Hunger is an eerie, thrilling look at the volatility of human nature, pushed to its breaking point.

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