As these revelations come to light, group members obviously suspect them to be behind the evilness stalking them as they travel through deserts and over mountains. It turns out that some individuals are fleeing west to escape sins from back east. Katsu adds suspense by delving into her characters’ backgrounds. Sadly, things take a tragic turn, as people start to go missing, thinning the group one by one.

Multiple families, men, women, and children all hope for a better life out west, and prepare themselves for the rough voyage ahead. Warnings of danger are displayed about, but the group decides to press on anyway. Upon reading them, they find each letter warning those traveling west to turn around before it’s too late. Not far into their journey, Donner and his family find hundreds of letters kept under rocks. What they find instead is something truly horrific, and the story goes back to June of 1846, when George Donner first began leading the wagon train west, to tell things from the very beginning. In early 1847, a team desperately searched for Lewis Keseberg in hopes of rescuing the lone survivor of the hellish expedition. one with a supernatural twist that paints an entirely new picture. Based on the true story of The Donner Party, The Hunger is an eerie, shiver-inducing exploration of human nature, pushed to its breaking point.History tells us that the Donner Party was a group of American pioneers who set out in the late 1840s to reach California, a journey that should have taken no longer than six months, only to be met with a series of mishaps and pitfalls - with many turning to cannibalism as a way to survive.īut in The Hunger, Alma Katsu tells a different story. . As the survivors turn against each other, a few begin to realise that the threat they face reaches beyond the fury of the natural elements, to something more primal and far more deadly. Driven to the brink of madness, the ill-fated group struggles to survive and minor disagreements turn into violent confrontations. The searing heat of the desert gives way to biting winds and a bitter cold that freezes the cattle where they stand. Donner's decision will shape the lives of everyone travelling with him.

One is well-documented - the other untested, but rumoured to be shorter.

They face two diverging paths which lead to the same destination. It is time for their leader, George Donner, to make a choice. 'Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark.' - Stephen King After having travelled west for weeks, the party of pioneers comes to a crossroads.

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