The White Road

Praise for Sarah Lotz, The Three and Day Four: 'A natural-born storyteller' Lauren Beukes 'A mix of Michael Crichton and Shirley Jackson. Hard to put down and vastly entertaining' Stephen King 'One of the finest, freakiest horror novels I've read' Chuck Wendig 'Compulsive reading' Marie-Claire 'Vivid, dark and absorbing, Sarah Lotz is a fiction powerhouse' Sarah Pinborough 'this high-concept thriller is a blast' Guardian 'A captivating thriller' Examiner 'Genuine heart-stopping terror' Irish Independent 'A creepy attention-grabbing thriller' Good Housekeeping 'Smart, incisive and raises real questions about the world in which we live.... But the real praise is that I had to leave the light on in the bedroom after finishing it' Scotland on Sunday Death waits at the top of the world in this adrenaline-laced thriller from Sarah Lotz, perfect for anyone who loves the film The Descent or John Krakauer's book Into Thin Air. Adrenaline-junky Simon Newman sneaks onto private land to explore a dangerous cave in Wales with a strange man he's met online. But Simon gets more than he bargained for when the expedition goes horribly wrong. Simon emerges, the only survivor, after a rainstorm trap the two in the cave. Simon thinks he's had a lucky escape. But his video of his near-death experience has just gone viral. Suddenly Simon finds himself more famous than he could ever have imagined. Now he's faced with an impossible task: he's got to defy death once again, and film the entire thing. The whole world will be watching. There's only on place on earth for him to pit himself against the elements: Mt Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. But Everest is also one of the deadliest spots on the planet. Two hundred and eighty people have died trying to reach its peak. And Simon's…