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Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
Goodreads Choice Award
Nominee for Readers' Favorite Horror (2020)As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined . . . until now.
But the journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing—and too earth-shattering in its implications—to be forgotten.
In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the legendary beasts behind it.
Kate’s is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience, of humanity’s defiance in the face of a terrible predator’s gaze, and inevitably, of savagery and death.
Yet it is also far more than that.
Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. We must accept that the creature known as Bigfoot walks among us—and that it is a beast of terrible strength and ferocity.
Part survival narrative, part bloody horror tale, part scientific journey into the boundaries between truth and fiction, this is a Bigfoot story as only Max Brooks could chronicle it—and like none you’ve ever read before.
But the journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing—and too earth-shattering in its implications—to be forgotten.
In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the legendary beasts behind it.
Kate’s is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience, of humanity’s defiance in the face of a terrible predator’s gaze, and inevitably, of savagery and death.
Yet it is also far more than that.
Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. We must accept that the creature known as Bigfoot walks among us—and that it is a beast of terrible strength and ferocity.
Part survival narrative, part bloody horror tale, part scientific journey into the boundaries between truth and fiction, this is a Bigfoot story as only Max Brooks could chronicle it—and like none you’ve ever read before.
286 pages, Hardcover
First published June 16, 2020
About the author
Max Brooks
106 books7,923 followersMax Brooks is The New York Times bestselling author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z. He has been called ”the Studs Terkel of zombie journalism.“
Brooks is the son of director Mel Brooks and the late actress Anne Bancroft. He is a 1994 graduate of Pitzer College. His wife, Michelle, is a screenwriter, and the couple have a son, Henry.
Brooks is the son of director Mel Brooks and the late actress Anne Bancroft. He is a 1994 graduate of Pitzer College. His wife, Michelle, is a screenwriter, and the couple have a son, Henry.
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October 1, 2023
Buvo įdomu. #MaxBrooks pirmoje savo knygoje įbuitino zombius, o va antroje knygoje bando tą patį padaryti su Sasquatch ar Big Foot, Yeti, Michê, Almas, Dzu-teh, Orang Pendek, Yeren, Migoi, Bun Manchi, Yowie, Mirka, Kang Admi, Xueren ar dar vienu iš daugybės pavadinimų, kuriais žmonės pakrikštijo šią kriptozoologijos žvaigždę. Buvo ir įdomu, ir nelabai. Knyga parašyta dinamiškai ir gyvai ir pati kruvina hipsterių akistata su "laukine gamta", kurią jie taip mėgsta, neslėpkim yra teikianti pasitenkinimą. Tačiau nuotykis šiek tiek išdvėsęs ir aš neradau jame tokio kruopštaus pragalvojimo kaip buvo su zombiais. Todėl tik #OK #LEBooks #Devolution #DevolutionAFirsthandAccountOfTheRainierSasquatchMassacre
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