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The White Hunger

By Stone, Adam H. S.

The White Hunger

By Stone, Adam H. S.

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In the winter of 1846, eighty-one Americans-ambitious pioneers, mothers, and children-found themselves entombed by catastrophic snows in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The trail to California vanished, replaced by an unbreakable prison of ice, silence, and sub-zero cold. The food ran out. The clock to salvation began ticking down to zero.The White Hunger is an unflinching immersion into the most infamous and disturbing event in American history. This novel strips away the legend and plunges the reader into the visceral reality of slow starvation, where the body's failure becomes a daily, public spectacle.Inside the smoky, filthy cabins, civilization dissolves. Faith gives way to the cold, mathematical logic of necessity. We follow the descent: the struggle to eat frozen, boiled hides; the agonizing mental collapse; and the terrible realization that the bodies of the dead, frozen just outside the door, represent the only path forward.Witness the birth of a new, terrifying morality: the silent, brutal decision to shatter the final taboo. Follow the doomed escape attempt known as the "Forlorn Hope," where friends turn into fuel and the snow runs red. And confront the chilling intelligence of the ultimate survivor, Lewis Keseberg, whose private larder and unnerving composure marked him as the new king of the charnel house.This is a story about the absolute limits of human endurance. It is a terrifying, bone-chilling journey that proves the greatest monster on the frontier was the one lurking inside the human soul.If you look for a story of survival, you will find it. If you look for a story of horror, you will find the truth.Based on historical records, diaries, and forensic evidence.WARNING: Highly graphic historical horror. Reader discretion is advised.(Approximate Length: 342 pages)
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
334
Release Date:
2025-09-30
Publication Date:
2025-09-30
Publisher:
Adam H.S. Stone
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798232076603
Weight:
403 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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