Explorers discover the dark secrets behind a town that disappeared without a trace in this standalone thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion

On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote mining town disappeared, belongings forsaken, meals left to freeze in vacant cabins, and not a single bone found.

Now, two backcountry guides have been hired by a history professor and his journalist daughter to explore the long-abandoned mining town and learn what happened. With them are a psychic and a paranormal photographer—the town is rumored to be haunted.

They've come to see a ghost town, but what they are about to discover is that twenty miles from civilization, with a blizzard bearing down, they are not alone—and the past is very much alive...

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (January 3, 2023)
• ISBN-13: 978-0593598528