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About The Book
Thirteen-year-old Ben is sent to an isolated reform program for troubled teens by a juvenile court judge. But when he arrives at the camp, located on the edge of the vast wilderness of northwestern Montana, he immediately recognizes that there is something weird about the counselors. They’re too friendly and upbeat…yet Ben can tell there’s an undercurrent of menace.
As he gets to know the boys in his cabin, he soon discovers that they each have far more going for them than whatever crime landed them there. And each has a different critical skill, one that could help them unearth what is really going on in this place—and how to make it out alive. They are inching ever closer to the truth, but the hidden evil beneath the camp’s surface will make itself known in order to deter them. Brooding, clever, and sinister, Wilderness Reform will keep you “in a vice-grip until the very end” (Matt Wesolowski, author of the Six Stories series).
About The Authors
Matt Query, born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, is a wildland firefighter and a litigator who focuses on legal issues related to water rights, natural resources, public lands, and fish and wildlife management. He and his brother are the authors Old Country and Wilderness Reform.
Harrison Query is a Colorado native whose work as a writer has spanned multiple genres. He has developed screenplays for a variety of film companies and has worked with Ridley Scott, Chris Columbus, Robert Zemeckis, and more. He and his brother are the authors of Old Country and Wilderness Reform.
Product Details
- Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books (July 2, 2024)
- Length: 352 pages
- ISBN13: 9781668024157
Raves and Reviews
"The Querys set themselves apart with sterling prose...supernatural thriller fans will find plenty to enjoy."
– Publishers Weekly
“Eerie, brooding, and immersive. Wilderness Reform is underscored by an ever-rising tone of dread that builds to a terrifying crescendo.”
– Marcus Kliewer, author of WE USED TO LIVE HERE
“Wilderness Reform simmers with a veritable furore of adolescent rage infused with a rich vein of crawling terror. Its claws held me in a vice-grip until the very end. Genuinely unnerving, unfolding horror of the very best kind.”
– Matt Wesolowski author of the SIX STORIES series
* Praise for OLD COUNTRY *
“What started as the spookiest of tales on Reddit--I should know, as I love them--sparked a tour-de-force of a novel that perfectly renders the tensions of living in isolation and the unforgiving passage of the seasons of the natural world. On top of that, OLD COUNTRY delivers an unyielding sense of dread and suspense. I can’t wait for more from the Query brothers.”
– Thomas Olde Heuvelt, author of HEX and ECHO
“An artful chiller. OLD COUNTRY stirs up our primal dread of a hostile wilderness, indifferent to man, that‘s reminiscent of such great works as Algernon Blackwood‘s THE WENDIGO.”
– Lincoln Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“Action-packed horror... Fans of Stephen King and Paul Tremblay will find this a satisfying escape into the woods.”
– Kirkus Reviews
“An extraordinarily assured debut: uncanny yet real, both lyrical and brutal, rich with truth about life and death.”
– Michael Rutger, author of THE ANOMALY
“Propulsive. The Querys nicely work the worldbuilding into the action [and] when the horror elements hit, they hit hard. Fans of Joe Hill and Paul Tremblay will want to check this out.”
– Publishers Weekly
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