On a cloudless summer day, as Wen catches grass-hoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears. A handful of miles from the Canadian border, far removed from the bustle of city life, cut off from the urgent hum of cell phones and from the internet, they are more than two miles away from their closest neighbors in either direction along an old dirt logging road. Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet lake in northern New Hampshire.
will shape your nightmares for months.there's a very, very good chance you'll never get it out of your head again." -NPRĪ propulsive, heart-palpitating novel of psychological suspense from the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts " tripwire-taut horror thriller." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) I wish with all my broken heart you didn't have to." As Wen sprints away to warn her parents, Leonard calls out, "Your dads won't want to let us in, Wen. You haven't done anything wrong, but the three of you will have to make some tough decisions. But before she goes, her new friend tells her, "None of what's going to happen is your fault. In a panic, Wen tells Leonard that she must go back inside the cabin. Leonard and Wen continue to talk and play, until three more strangers, two women and a man, all dressed like Leonard in jeans and button-down shirts, come down the road carrying strange, menacing objects. Leonard is the largest man Wen has ever seen, but he is friendly, with a warm smile that wins her over almost instantly. On a summer day, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles away in either direction. Far removed from the bustle of city life, they are cut off from the urgent hum of cell phones and the internet. Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin in northern New Hampshire. The Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts adds an inventive twist to the home invasion horror story in a heart-palpitating novel of psychological suspense that recalls Stephen King's Misery, Ruth Ware's In a Dark, Dark Wood, and Jack Ketchum's cult hit The Girl Next Door. I just couldn't wait to see where Tremblay was going to take me next." - Victor LaValle
"A clinic in suspense, a story that opens with high-wire tension and never lets up from there." - Michael Koryta The Cabin at the End of the World is Tremblay's personal best. "A tremendous book―thought-provoking and terrifying, with tension that winds up like a chain. BEST BOOK OF 2018 ( Library Journal, NPR, Buzzfeed)
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