Final Destination meets The Cabin at the End of the World in this supernatural horror from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, in which a series of car accidents traps a group of strangers at a dive bar.

A forested road at night, slick from the pounding rain and eerily illuminated by flashes of lightning. Just before midnight, a car swerves to avoid something—or someone—mysteriously standing in the road, only to slam into a fallen tree instead. In the pitch black, four more cars follow in a pileup no one can seem to avoid.

Stumbling out of the wreckage, soaked from the rain and nursing various injuries, five strangers find themselves in a backwoods dive bar, waiting for daybreak and hoping for cell service. But as tensions rise and the storm rages on outside, the occupants of the dive bar start to notice that not everything is as it seems. Time is moving differently, and they quickly learn that going outside—whether to assist another accident victim or to hike for help—is a very bad idea.

There’s something in the woods, something that isn't natural. Could the figure in the road have been a warning? Or something more sinister? None of this is normal, and they'll need to work together to figure out what’s happening if they have any hope of surviving the night.

Ellie swerves to avoid a woman standing in the road and crashes into a tree. Then a truck rear ends her car. Thus starts a nightmare for Ellie, Henry and others as they find themselves trapped in a strange bar surrounded by a dark forest full of monsters.

Generally speaking I am not a fan of horror but I am a fan of Kelley Armstrong’s writing and the horror books of hers I’ve read so far have been scary but not gory. This one is a bit more gory than the others I’ve read and definitely more disquieting as each of the characters is stalked in the forest by their greatest fear. One of those trapped gets the end they deserve, two get a resolution that could be seen as happy given the circumstances and Ellie and Henry’s resolution is ambiguous though possibly hopeful. The story is compelling and creepy, not one I will likely read again but likely to appeal to fans of “last survivor” type books and movies. Recommended ~~ Stephanie L Bannon

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