Survive
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My review -
Mark
Jones (Jonesy) and his wife Lisa are wintering in a cabin in Alaska. They’ve
spent the summer hunting, making a cache of food and a big store of wood and
shouldn’t have any trouble surviving till the spring. They had an awful time
last winter, we gather, and Jonesy promises it will never happen again. He’s
prepared. Then they find a young woman collapsed in their cabin as they return
from an expedition. They can’t help but take her in or she’ll die, but that’s a
strain on their resources. Then – it gets worse.
This
is a very atmospheric and suspenseful tale. Things begin purposefully and as
one setback after another strains the couple’s resources and relationship, the
tension ratchets up, tighter and tighter. It’s claustrophobic; it happens in
the great outdoors of Alaska with nobody else for miles, yet much of the action
is cramped up in little sheds and cabins, where people can’t get away from one
another. What people will do to survive is astonishing when they are in their
full senses. As the mind deteriorates, man can become monster. I have a
tendency to say, ‘David Haynes’ latest book is his best’ and I’m going to have
to say it again. A stunning story, brilliantly told.
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