Nick Grevers and his climbing buddy Augustin are drawn to the Maudit, a remote mountain peak in the Swiss Alps, Documentation on the mountain is scarce, its slopes are eerily quiet and when they enter its valley, they get the ominous sense that they are not alone,

Something is waiting for them , , ,

Not long after, Augustin is dead and Nick wakes up from a coma, His face maimed and wrapped in bandages, a long rehabilitation awaits him, but soon Nick realizes it isn't just ...

King and Chizmar join forces again with a powerful stand-alone novel that is also the final chapter in the Gwendy trilogy.

When Gwendy Peterson was twelve, a stranger named Richard Farris gave her a mysterious box for safekeeping. It offered treats and vintage coins, but it was dangerous. Pushing any of its seven coloured buttons promised death and destruction.

Years later, the button box re-entered Gwendy's life. A successful novelist and a rising political star, she was once more forced to ...