Abandon

<p><p>on Christmas Day In 1893, Every Man, Woman And Child In A Remote Gold Mining Town Disappeared, Belongings Forsaken, Meals Left To Freeze In Vacant Cabins; And Not A Single Bone Was Ever Found. One Hundred Thirteen Years Later, Two Backcountry Guides Are Hired By A History Professor And His Journalist Daughter To Lead Them Into The Abandoned Mining Town So That They Can Learn What Happened. With Them Is A Psychic, And A Paranormal Photographer&#8212;as The Town Is Rumored To Be Haunted. A Party That Tried To Explore The Town Years Ago Was Never Heard From Again. What This Crew Is 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.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p><p>at The Start Of This Bloated Thriller From Crouch (<i>desert Places</i>), Abigail Foster, A Manhattan Freelance Journalist, Reluctantly Agrees To Accompany Her Father, Lawrence Kendall-who Abandoned Her As A Child-and Paranormal Photographers Emmett And June Tozer, To The Remote Remains Of Abandon, Colo. The Inhabitants Of Abandon All Vanished Without A Trace On Christmas Day 1893, And Abigail Thinks She'll Write An Article On The Tozers And The Ghost Town's History. The Present-day Hikers Face A Number Of Obstacles, Starting With An Unexpected Blizzard And Including The Arrival Of Ex-marines Intent On Finding Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Gold Supposedly Stashed Somewhere In Abandon. Despite The Book's Intriguing Premise, The Action Soon Devolves Into A <i>rambo</i>-style Melee, With Enough Blood And Guts To Put Off Weak Stomachs. By The Time Abandon's Fate Is Revealed In The Overly Drawn-out Climax, Few Readers Will Care. <i>(july)</i>copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, A Division Of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.</p>