Booklist
Kiefer, a climber herself, utilizes her knowledge of the sport to deliver an evocative and pulse-pounding survival horror novel inspired by the Dyatlov Pass incident..”
author of All Hallows Christopher Golden
Twisty and brutal, Jenny Kiefer’s debut unfolds like your favorite creepy new horror flick.”
author of Devil’s Creek Todd Keisling
A fast-paced free fall straight into a Kentucky nightmare. Kiefer’s prose sings in this horrific tragedy of blood and dread and paranoia…Highly recommended.”
author of The Marigold Andrew F. Sullivan
Reading This Wretched Valley, you will find malice dangling from every branch while an old hunger gathers beneath your feet.”
author of Such Sharp Teeth Rachel Harrison
[A] propulsive, hair-raising read….with nimble pacing, scream-worthy scares, and an ever-present sense of dread.”
author of Crossroads Laurel Hightower
A skillful and bone-chilling tale of isolation and the limits of human endurance. Kiefer skillfully weaves historical horror into a modern-day setting.”
MAY 2024 - AudioFile
Megan Tusing pulls listeners into a nail-biting tale of horror inspired by the harrowing Dyatlov Pass incident in the Soviet Ural Mountains in 1959. Dylan and her geologist friend, Clay, are eager to be the first to climb the mountain. Seven months after their hike, three bodies are discovered in horrific states of decay, but Dylan's is missing. Tusing's patient narration heightens the tension right from the get-go with the ominous opening: "What baffled them was the skeleton . . . " From there, the story alternates between discomfiting and downright dreadful. This is an uncomfortable but hard-to-hit-pause story of survival and horror in which hikers discover something hungry in the woods. J.M.M. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine