Teig produces documentaries and over the years he’s had successes and failures, unfortunately many of his friends have drifted away, no longer enamoured with his ‘big’ ideas for money making. It’s a bit mind numbing isn’t it?Īnyway, as the story begins we make the acquaintance of Teig and Prentiss.
The conditions were harsh and to date there is no accurate record of the number of deaths that occurred during that period but it is believed that the bones of 250,000–1,000,000 unhappy souls lie beneath the permafrost. Built during the Stalinist era the road took over twenty years to build and used slave labour from Gulags along the route. Yes, the Road of Bones is real and it has a shocking history. Just to unravel this let’s look a little deeper into what the book is about because it’s absolutely fascinating as a concept and I defy anyone who reads this book to put it down and not be intrigued enough to go and google The Road of Bones, or the Kolyma Highway as it’s also known. So, ultimately does it really matter if this didn’t do or go quite where I expected? On the other hand, although it wasn’t the story I was expecting it was still a compelling read and a good one. It is in fact creepy but it didn’t scare me (if that makes sense – gah, I know what I’m trying to say!). This is going to be a strange review to write because on the one hand Road of Bones was really not what I was expecting it to be, nor did I find it the least bit creepy – although now I’m really thinking about it to write this review I realise that’s not entirely truthful. Sign up for the weekly Bookreporter.My Five Word TL:DR Review: What the heck just happened? More Bookreporter Talks To: Olga Dies Dreaming: The Maid: Greenwich Park: Ĭheck out our Bookaccino Book Club live events! William Kent Krueger: Jim DeFede: He also announces something big that’s coming up next. He discusses how he wrote this novel with the intention that anyone could enjoy it, and how this was the perfect setting for something so thrilling. It may be more real than they expected, and they may have to survive it.Ĭhristopher talks to Austin about the values of horror as therapy for readers.
Now Teig and Prentiss must survive the cold and uncover long forgotten folklore in this unfamiliar land. The road was the place more than hundreds of thousands of people were sent to die as prisoners. There’s a historical aspect to this novel. Road of Bones follows two National Geographic filmmakers, Teig and Prentiss, as they travel into the farthest reaches of Siberia. Christopher is the New York Times bestselling and Bram Stoker award-winning author of Ararat, Snowblind, Dead Ringers, and Of Saints and Shadows, along with many other books and media. Christopher Golden talks to Austin Ruh about his latest horror novel, Road of Bones.
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