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Where the Dead Wait

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Where the Dead Wait

Auteur(s): Ally Wilkes
Narrateur(s): Joshua Riley
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 “Haunting...Ominous.” —The New York Times Book Review

A “wonderfully chilling” (Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author) polar gothic about a Victorian explorer in search of his lost shipmate–and redemption–from the Bram Stoker Award–nominated author of All the White Spaces.

William Day should be an acclaimed Arctic explorer. But after a failed expedition, in which his remaining men only survived by eating their dead comrades, he returned in disgrace.

Thirteen years later, his second-in-command, Jesse Stevens, has gone missing in the same frozen waters. Perhaps this is Day’s chance to restore his tarnished reputation by bringing Stevens­—the man who’s haunted his whole life—back home. But when the rescue mission becomes an uncanny journey into his past, Day must face up to the things he’s­ done.

Abandonment. Betrayal. Cannibalism.

Aboard ship, Day must also contend with unwanted passengers: a reporter obsessively digging up the truth about the first expedition, as well as Stevens’s wife, a spirit-medium whose séances both fascinate and frighten. Following a trail of cryptic messages, gaunt bodies, and old bones, their search becomes more and more unnerving. The restless dead are never far behind in this “breathtaking achievement” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Historique Horreur Surnaturels Thrillers et romans à suspense Épouvante Effrayant Paranormal Explorateur Fiction Mariage
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"Riley captures the desperation and fear of men faced with the reality of their mortality with his powerful performance. The story alternates between the original failed mission and the eerily similar rescue attempt of Stevens. Riley never fails to project the frightening feelings of a crew on edge."
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Oh man. I wanted to like this book so badly. It's a perfect storm of everything I would typically love, but it just didn't pan out. Maybe it was the quality of the audiobook I listened to--the narrator had very obviously gone back and re-recorded bits and pieces of sentences, and the completely different sound really threw me off. If I had read a print copy, who knows, maybe the characters would have been easier to keep straight, maybe I could have tracked the time jumps better. Overall, it was clunky as hell, and any atmosphere the author built up was quickly brought down by weird pacing and unreliable narration--which, in a character? Great. Love that. In an actual audiobook narrator? The absolute worst. Blech.

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