Horror
This Wretched Valley
2024·307 pages
A chilling tale set in a cursed valley, exploring dark secrets and eerie mysteries.
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A chilling tale set in a cursed valley, exploring dark secrets and eerie mysteries.
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2024 Bram Stoker Award®️ Nominee for Superior Achievement in a First Novel “A hallucinatory nightmare of a novel that blends adventure, horror and historical fiction, and isn’t shy about violence or strangeness.”—New York Times “If you love wilderness horror, This Wretched Valley is a must-read.”—Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger and The Fervor Take only pictures. Leave only bones. This trip is going to be Dylan’s big break. Her geologist friend Clay has discovered an untouched cliff face in the ...
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Sexual content
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Dating couple among the climbers; no explicit sexual content
Violence & gore
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Extreme body horror, mutilation, organ removal, cannibalism, pervasive gore
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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Haunted wilderness, ghostly forces, and supernatural curses drive the plot
Political content
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Themes of environmentalism, human arrogance, and unchecked ambition
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Animal deaths, dead infant imagery, cannibalism, extreme physical cruelty
Other
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