Loop

The year's most brutal, cinematic thrill ride is also one of its most critically acclaimed novels. Dazed and Confused meets 28 Days Later in this ';wickedly entertaining,' (Kirkus Reviews) ';volcano of a book' (Nathan Ballingrud, author of Wounds) as a lonely young woman teams up with a group of fellow outcasts to survive the night in a town overcome by a science experiment gone wrong. A Best Book of the Month for Den of Geek, Omnivoracious, Mystery & Suspense, and Tor. A Goodreads' 2020 Readers Choice Nominee for Best Horror, and one of the Best Books of 2020 for The Lineup, Booked, and Unsettling Reads.Turner Falls is a small tourist town nestled in the hills of central Oregon. When a terrifying outbreak rapidly develops, this idyllic town becomes the epicenter of an epidemic of violence. The Loop is a ';wild and wonderfully scary novel' (Richard Chizmar, author of Gwendy's Magic Feather) that offers a ';hilarious and horrifying' (Brian Keene, author of The Rising) look at what one team of misfits can accomplish as they fight to live through the night. ';[A] harrowing thrill ride of the first order and an uncompromising page-turner, easily securing its spot as one of the best novels of 2020.' —Rue Morgue (featured ';Dante's Pick' Review) ';Like the best of Crichton or Bentley, it is a great beach read, but it is infused with the neon blood of a brave new writer... [A] kind of literary roller coaster. It will take you to thrilling highs and terrifying lows…' —Los Angeles Review of Books ';The Loop is the gore-soaked, anxiety-inducing, diabolically funny Richard Linklater/David Cronenberg mashup you never knew you wanted but can't—or at least shouldn't—live without.' —The Big Thrill ';Unputdownable...Fans of The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, and Stranger Things will be especially thrilled.' —Publishers Weekly (starred review) ';A satisfyingly dark satire of, well, everything...[a] heart-pounding and deeply unsettling tale.' —Booklist ';The Loop is a remarkably propulsive novel, cinematic in the best way, with perfectly tuned tension and excellent character choices…a headlong, straightforward pleasure.' —Locus ';The Loop is the Cronenberg film we never got.' —Nathan Ballingrud, author of North American Lake Monsters and Wounds