We arrive at Akhurst and everything goes Pete Tong and it’s a race to stay alive after that. What I didn’t like: It’s odd, because I LOVED this book, but I almost feel like it would’ve been great to see more of everyday life and how people live in such cold and extreme, but we don’t really get that. The tension was palpable throughout, Golden pushing the reader to our max. And it’s what’s in the woods that transforms this from a simple survival story to a creature-feature survival story. We find abandoned houses, food still on the tables and doors thrown open. It’s at Akhurst where Golden really turns the narrative on it’s head. Once our guide joins the group and a female character comes along, we arrive at Akhurst, the last stop before Yakut, then on to Oymyakon, the coldest settlement on Earth. You want to see them succeed but also you see why they haven’t.

Golden made both instantly likeable but also both instantly frustrating. The banter between Teig and Prentiss was great, showing the kinship of two filmmakers who’ve struck out a number of times, but have the shared experiences between them to know what buttons they can push. If the truck stalls, if you go too fast, hit ice and go off the road, you’ll become a block of ice. It is with that context that Golden begins the story by ramping up the tension and reality that one small mistake, one little error, and you’ll freeze to death in a matter of minutes.

Due to the cold, the remote location and the conditions, those who died were buried beneath the road. The Kolyma Highway received this name, because it is estimated anywhere from 250,000 to 1 million people died while constructing it. This will be for days or sometimes weeks on end, but never for prolonged periods of time, such as they have where the Road of Bones lies. The coldest I’ve ever experienced is -51 C (-59.8F) and most winters here, we get temperatures that drop to -40C. The Road of Bones or more accurately, R504 Kolyma Highway was constructed in 1932 and stretches for over 2,000 km’s through some of the most uninhabitable wilderness in the world.

Two Americans who’ve travelled to the most remote (and cold) place in the world, in Russia, to try and film enough footage to sell a potential show to Discovery. What I liked: ‘Road of Bones’ follows Teig and Prentiss. I hate to do this, but have you read any of my own releases? Or my reviews? You know, the one’s where I share time and time again that the cold, the desolate mountains and crazy, creepy creatures are my favorite things of all time? If so – you could ignore the rest of my review and just go preorder. When I got the approval email, I grinned like a maniac for a solid five minutes, never once expecting to be approved! So, thank you! Martin’s Press for approving me with an advanced digital copy to read. First off, huge, huge thanks to Netgalley, Christopher Golden and St.

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