With The Descent, Jeff Long has delivered what is bound to be this summer's really hot read. What emerges is a War of the Worlds against a world that can't lose. Long writes with force and unearthly vision, etching vivid characters who speak in an all-too-realistic manner about the horrors they encounter. Jeff Long starts his adventure/mystery/horror story quietly in the Himalayas and then warp speeds into a world seldom seen and puts a face to the reality of evil the likes of which would give Stephen King and Dean Koontz the night sweats. It is a rip-roaring good read.' -Jon Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air 'Absolutely bone-chilling - every bit as good as Stephen King at his best.' -Charles Pellegrino, author of Dust 'This flat-out, gears-grinding, bumper-car ride into the pits of hell is one major takedown of a read. A page-turner for thinking people, The Descent is equal parts Ray Bradbury and Robert Stone, Michael Crichton and T. It is one page-burner of a book.' -Lorenzo Carcaterra, author ofSleepersandApaches 'Jeff Long keeps the pages turning at a feverish pace and creates a world so vivid that we are compelled to follow him to the gates of Hell.' -Jonathan Rabb, author ofThe Overseer, 'Jeff Long has written a remarkable novel, an imaginative tour de force that somehow succeeds both as sober-minded allegory and nail-biting thriller. WithThe Descent, Jeff Long has delivered what is bound to be this summer's really hot read. It is a rip-roaring good read.' -Jon Krakauer, author ofInto Thin Air 'Absolutely bone-chilling - every bit as good as Stephen King at his best.' -Charles Pellegrino, author ofDust 'This flat-out, gears-grinding, bumper-car ride into the pits of hell is one major takedown of a read. A page-turner for thinking people,The Descentis equal parts Ray Bradbury and Robert Stone, Michael Crichton and T. 'Jeff Long has written a remarkable novel, an imaginative tour de force that somehow succeeds both as sober-minded allegory and nail-biting thriller.

The Descent by Jeff Long