The Silent Land
by Graham Joyce

Strange things can happen in the snow. Take Jake and Zoe, a newly married couple vacationing in the French Alps. In an early morning run they are suddenly overtaken and buried alive by a flash avalanche.  Though stunned and possibly injured, they manage to dig their way out--miraculously.
 
They make their way back to the village, to safety and find…no one. Their hotel is deserted; the cars on the street are vacant. Cell phones and land lines are cut off. There is nothing but silence and snow. A sudden evacuation is the only answer--isn’t that what happened? What is it they don’t know?
 
In this unsettling, atmospheric tale, author Graham Joyce leads us into a world where isolation may mean more than just being alone and every single possibility, no matter how disturbing, must be considered.
 
The author of several award-winning works of fiction including, The Tooth Fairy, Indigo, and How to Make Friends with Demons, Joyce brings us a suspenseful, mysterious work of intrigue.

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