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"Jeremy Bates writes like a deviant angel I'm glad doesn't live on my shoulder" ‒ Christian Galacar, author of GILCHRIST
"The perfect antidote to a restful night's sleep, The Sleep Experiment is a fast-paced thriller that will keep the pages turning late into the night" ‒ Steven Sayers, author of THE SOUL DWELLER
"Jeremy Bates is a skilled weaver of nightmares" ‒ Ambrose Ibsen, author of THEHAUNTING OF BEACON HILL
"Jeremy Bates knows scary. You're going to have a good time with whatever he writes" ‒ Jeff Menapace, author of BAD GAMES
"A compelling and provocative read. One cannot help but wonder how important sleep really is" ‒ Booklist
"[Bates] is the real deal. He is a bit of a mix of Stephen King and Richard Laymon. You won't regret your purchase" ‒ Amazon Top Contributor
"I keep hearing this author being compared to the likes of Stephen King or Dean Koontz. I think [he] should be known for his OWN style of writing" ‒ Amazon Reviewer
"Will remind readers what chattering teeth sound like" ‒ Kirkus Reviews
"Voracious readers of horror will delightfully consume the contents of Bates's World's Scariest Places books" ‒ BookLife Prize
"Creatively creepy and sure to scare"‒ The Japan Times
"Thriller fans and readers of Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, and other masters of the art will find much to love" ‒ Midwest Book Review
"An ice-cold thriller full of mystery, suspense, fear" ‒ David Moody, author of HATER and AUTUMN
"I have long been a fan of Dean Koontz, Stephen King, and Frank Peretti and I feel confident that I can now add Jeremy Bates to that list" ‒ Jennifer Wilson, Reader Views
"Reads like a combination of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Clive Barker" ‒ Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review
"A page-turner in the true sense of the word" ‒ HorrorAddicts
"Will make your skin crawl" ‒ Scream Magazine
"Shocking" ‒ Booklist
"Told with an authoritative voice full of heart and insight" ‒ Richard Thomas, Bram Stoker nominated author
"Grabs and doesn't let go until the end" ‒ Writer's Digest
"A horror writer to watch" ‒ True Review
"Bates offers a truly chilling tale that reminds readers that humans can be the worst type of monster to fear, after all" ‒ BookLife Prize
"Would make a great screenplay!"‒ Suspense Magazine
"Bates doesn't miss a trick" ‒ Glenn Kleier, New York Times bestselling author
"Bates knows how to creep into his reader's mind and toy around" ‒ Horror Palace
"Something to give you chills before you go to bed" ‒ San Francisco Book Review
"Excellent!" ‒ Andrew Peterson, international bestselling author of FIRST TO KILL
"Spellbinding" ‒ Bestsellersworld
"Will delight horror fans who want their novels steeped in psychological suspense as well as action" ‒ Midwest Book Review
"Invites you to read it in one sitting" ‒ Hellnotes
"The perfect antidote to a restful night's sleep, The Sleep Experiment is a fast-paced thriller that will keep the pages turning late into the night" ‒ Steven Sayers, author of THE SOUL DWELLER
"Jeremy Bates is a skilled weaver of nightmares" ‒ Ambrose Ibsen, author of THEHAUNTING OF BEACON HILL
"Jeremy Bates knows scary. You're going to have a good time with whatever he writes" ‒ Jeff Menapace, author of BAD GAMES
"A compelling and provocative read. One cannot help but wonder how important sleep really is" ‒ Booklist
"[Bates] is the real deal. He is a bit of a mix of Stephen King and Richard Laymon. You won't regret your purchase" ‒ Amazon Top Contributor
"I keep hearing this author being compared to the likes of Stephen King or Dean Koontz. I think [he] should be known for his OWN style of writing" ‒ Amazon Reviewer
"Will remind readers what chattering teeth sound like" ‒ Kirkus Reviews
"Voracious readers of horror will delightfully consume the contents of Bates's World's Scariest Places books" ‒ BookLife Prize
"Creatively creepy and sure to scare"‒ The Japan Times
"Thriller fans and readers of Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, and other masters of the art will find much to love" ‒ Midwest Book Review
"An ice-cold thriller full of mystery, suspense, fear" ‒ David Moody, author of HATER and AUTUMN
"I have long been a fan of Dean Koontz, Stephen King, and Frank Peretti and I feel confident that I can now add Jeremy Bates to that list" ‒ Jennifer Wilson, Reader Views
"Reads like a combination of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Clive Barker" ‒ Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review
"A page-turner in the true sense of the word" ‒ HorrorAddicts
"Will make your skin crawl" ‒ Scream Magazine
"Shocking" ‒ Booklist
"Told with an authoritative voice full of heart and insight" ‒ Richard Thomas, Bram Stoker nominated author
"Grabs and doesn't let go until the end" ‒ Writer's Digest
"A horror writer to watch" ‒ True Review
"Bates offers a truly chilling tale that reminds readers that humans can be the worst type of monster to fear, after all" ‒ BookLife Prize
"Would make a great screenplay!"‒ Suspense Magazine
"Bates doesn't miss a trick" ‒ Glenn Kleier, New York Times bestselling author
"Bates knows how to creep into his reader's mind and toy around" ‒ Horror Palace
"Something to give you chills before you go to bed" ‒ San Francisco Book Review
"Excellent!" ‒ Andrew Peterson, international bestselling author of FIRST TO KILL
"Spellbinding" ‒ Bestsellersworld
"Will delight horror fans who want their novels steeped in psychological suspense as well as action" ‒ Midwest Book Review
"Invites you to read it in one sitting" ‒ Hellnotes
From the Author
Winner, "Reader Views Literary Awards" Horror Novel Award, 2018-2019, for "Mountain of the Dead."
Finalist, "Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction" Horror Novella Award, 2017,for "The Mailman."
Finalist, "Australian Horror Writers Association" Shadows Award, 2017, for "The Mailman."
Winner, "Foreword INDIES" Horror Book of the Year Award Gold Medal, 2016, for "Island of the Dolls."
Finalist, "Next Generation Indie Book Awards" Horror Novel Award, 2017, for "Island of the Dolls."
Finalist, "The Skoutz Award" German Horror Award, 2017, for "Suicide Forest."
Finalist,"Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction" Horror Novella Award, 2016, for "Box of Bones."
Finalist, "Australian Horror Writers Association" Shadows Award, 2016, for "Box of Bones."
Winner, "Crime Writers of Canada" Arthur Ellis Award/The Lou Allen Memorial Award, 2016,for "Black Canyon."
Winner, "Australian Horror Writers Association" Shadows Award, 2015, for "The Catacombs."
Winner, "IPPY(Independent Publisher Book Awards)" Bronze Medal/Horror, 2016, for "The Catacombs."
Finalist, "Next Generation Indie Book Awards" Horror Novella Award, 2016, for "Black Canyon."
Winner, "Reader Views Literary Award" Global Award, 2014-2015, for "Suicide Forest."
Honorable Mention, "Reader Views Literary Award" Mystery/Thriller/Suspense/Horror Award,2014-2015, for "Suicide Forest."
Finalist, "Goodreads Choice Awards" 2015, for "Suicide Forest."
Finalist," Australian Horror Writers Association" Shadows Award, 2014, for "Suicide Forest."
Finalist, "Foreword INDIES" Horror Book of the Year Award, 2014, for "Suicide Forest."
Finalist, "Foreword INDIES" Thriller & Suspense Book of the Year Award,2012, for "White Lies."
The World's Scariest Places Series:
Finalist, "Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction" Horror Novella Award, 2017,for "The Mailman."
Finalist, "Australian Horror Writers Association" Shadows Award, 2017, for "The Mailman."
Winner, "Foreword INDIES" Horror Book of the Year Award Gold Medal, 2016, for "Island of the Dolls."
Finalist, "Next Generation Indie Book Awards" Horror Novel Award, 2017, for "Island of the Dolls."
Finalist, "The Skoutz Award" German Horror Award, 2017, for "Suicide Forest."
Finalist,"Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction" Horror Novella Award, 2016, for "Box of Bones."
Finalist, "Australian Horror Writers Association" Shadows Award, 2016, for "Box of Bones."
Winner, "Crime Writers of Canada" Arthur Ellis Award/The Lou Allen Memorial Award, 2016,for "Black Canyon."
Winner, "Australian Horror Writers Association" Shadows Award, 2015, for "The Catacombs."
Winner, "IPPY(Independent Publisher Book Awards)" Bronze Medal/Horror, 2016, for "The Catacombs."
Finalist, "Next Generation Indie Book Awards" Horror Novella Award, 2016, for "Black Canyon."
Winner, "Reader Views Literary Award" Global Award, 2014-2015, for "Suicide Forest."
Honorable Mention, "Reader Views Literary Award" Mystery/Thriller/Suspense/Horror Award,2014-2015, for "Suicide Forest."
Finalist, "Goodreads Choice Awards" 2015, for "Suicide Forest."
Finalist," Australian Horror Writers Association" Shadows Award, 2014, for "Suicide Forest."
Finalist, "Foreword INDIES" Horror Book of the Year Award, 2014, for "Suicide Forest."
Finalist, "Foreword INDIES" Thriller & Suspense Book of the Year Award,2012, for "White Lies."
The World's Scariest Places Series:
- Suicide Forest - The bad news is they're lost. There is no good news.
- The Catacombs - As close to hell as you're likely ever going to get.
- Helltown - The luckiest die first and fast. The others, well...
- Island of the Dolls - Come and see the dolls, but don't expect to leave alive.
- Mountain of the Dead - Freezing to death is the least of their worries.
- Hotel Chelsea - The most haunted hotel in America.
- Mosquito Man - Are you afraid of the dark? You should be.
- The Sleep Experiment - You'll never think about sleep the same way again.
- The Man from Taured - Where did he come from? Where will he go?
- Merfolk - Deep below the blue surface a terrifying world awaits.
- New America: Utopia Calling - A brave new world.
- White Lies - You never know where a lie may lead...
- The Taste of Fear - In the jungle, no one can hear you scream.
- Black Canyon - The new face of evil.
- Run - You can run but you can't hide.
- Rewind - Nothing is what it seems.
- Neighbors - You never know what kind of psycho may be living next door.
- Six Bullets - When there's no reason left to live, what would you do with your last six bullets?
- Box of Bones - Time is running out.
- The Mailman - Be careful what you wish for.
- Re-Roll - Life can be a bitch.
- Dark Hearts - Four critically acclaimed short novels.
- Bad People - Four critically acclaimed short novels.
- The Midnight Book Club - An eight-book collection of critically acclaimed and award-winning short novels.
- World's Scariest Places: Volume One - This omnibus edition includes books one and two in the bestselling World's Scariest Places series.
- World's Scariest Places: Volume Two - This omnibus edition includes books three and four in the bestselling World's Scariest Places series.
- World's Scariest Places: Volume Three - This omnibus edition includes books five and six in the bestselling World's Scariest Places series.
- World's Scariest Legends: Volume One - This omnibus edition includes books one and two in the bestselling World's Scariest Legends series.
- World's Scariest Legends: Volume Two - This omnibus edition includes books three and four in the bestselling World's Scariest Legends series.
About the Author
USA TODAY and #1 AMAZON overall bestselling author Jeremy Bates has published more than twenty novels and novellas, which have been translated into several languages, optioned for film and TV, and downloaded more than one million times. Midwest Book Review compares his work to "Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, and other masters of the art." He has won both an Australian Shadows Award and a Canadian Arthur Ellis Award. He was also a finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards decided by readers. The novels in the "World's Scariest Places" series are set in real locations and include Suicide Forest in Japan, The Catacombs in Paris, Helltown in Ohio, Island of the Dolls in Mexico, Mountain of the Dead in Russia, and Hotel Chelsea in New York City. The novels in the "World's Scariest Legends" series are based on real legends and include Mosquito Man, The Sleep Experiment, and The Man From Taured. You can check out any of these places or legends on the web. Also, visit JEREMYBATESBOOKS.COM to receive Black Canyon, winner of Crime Writers of Canada The Lou Allin Memorial Award.
Product details
- ASIN : B079KW3N72
- Publisher : Ghillinnein Books; 1st edition (May 5, 2018)
- Publication date : May 5, 2018
- Language : English
- File size : 3293 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 375 pages
- Lending : Enabled
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3.0 out of 5 stars
... Scariest Places series and have read all of them pretty quickly. I think he does a great job ...
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2018Verified Purchase
I definitely appreciate Bates' World's Scariest Places series and have read all of them pretty quickly. I think he does a great job with educating the reader about these places and the culture they're embedded into; I feel like I'm getting a little history lesson while reading. I can't say Mountain of the Dead was a "bad" book or a "weak" entry into the series. If anything, Helltown seems out of place with the other titles in the series. However, being that Mountain of the Dead is the latest in the series and the last one I have read, I'm more aware of some annoying repetitive tendencies that Bates has in his writing. In many instances, I felt like I was reading the same story but in a different setting. There is a formula to these books, and aside from Helltown, they all seem to follow it. I understand there's a horror aspect to the series, and like slasher films, there is a formula to adhere to. Because I enjoy Bates as a writer and applaud what he does well and what he does to educate the reader about the various places he brings us to, I feel he does himself a disservice to fall into formulaic cliches. Does the protagonist ALWAYS have to have nightmares and dream about the female character being naked? Does there ALWAYS have to be an out of place sex scene (ie. Island of the Dolls, wtf??)? Do our characters ALWAYS have to wander around for so long in these locations before any kind of action / revelation occurs? Had it not been for Helltown (which isn't the best in the series), each book would pretty much read the same way linearly. Guy has troubled past, guy is haunted by event from troubled past, guy goes to scary location with cookie-cutter side characters, a lot of meandering at location, some back story, guy has nightmares, guy and girl have sex in random weird place no one would ever want to have sex in, scarier stuff happens, mystery solved (sometimes disappointing), cookie-cutters die, rushed ending. I enjoy the series, and don't want to get bored with it. I'd just like it if Bates changed it up a little bit.
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I wanted to love this book. Dyatlov pass is one of my all time favorite mysteries and this was a weak attempt at filling in the missing parts. This retold the "original" journey and chapter to chapter flopped between a modern expedition retracing their steps. The characters are LIFELESS. You can minimally connect with 1 of them and the rest are one dimensional with almost no growth or development. The first 200+ pages are like a long lead up to 3 pages of action and then a lul of learning where things are at with the main character and the crew. Its a struggle to get the part where the action and real lead up to the climax happens and that was more interesting than the climax. It's ok at best. Not terrible but nothing special and so much could have been done with this story. I will push on to finish the last 100 pages but its been a long hard read compared to other books. The author may have other great works but this is quite the deterrent for me to consider checking them out.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2018
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I enjoy and appreciate the style of Jeremy Bates' writing and have read most of his novels, but this story leaps ahead of the others in the series due to the intense historical background that was cleverly added as a thread against the current day's story thread. The true historical event was well researched and smoothly intertwined with the main story of the protagonist's search for answers. More important, the old mystery was intriguing, then add the current story of an obsessive man trying to come to grips with demons by throwing his all into a crazy expedition with unlikely climbing mates, who of course all have a reason for being there as well, and it makes for a stew of explosive scenes.
I could not have predicted the action scenes with racing for your life kind of momentum, literally the story took me by surprise. As original and unseemly the characters who banded together were, the last few scenes were even more unexpected. There were extra horrors added to the story when the main character and friends stumbled across additional mysterious and deadly places while on their way to the final peak. I enjoyed reading this story very much and highly recommend this novel.
I could not have predicted the action scenes with racing for your life kind of momentum, literally the story took me by surprise. As original and unseemly the characters who banded together were, the last few scenes were even more unexpected. There were extra horrors added to the story when the main character and friends stumbled across additional mysterious and deadly places while on their way to the final peak. I enjoyed reading this story very much and highly recommend this novel.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2019
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Interesting story based (very loosely, apparently) on an actual incident. Very taken with the photos included of the original Dyatlov group. Part One very well-written and brings the reader into the action, becoming "un-put-downable." However, Part Two is mostly schlock and cookie-cutter genre (I won't say why because of spoilers). Overall good writing, but marred by lack of editorial oversight, so many diction and spelling errors, which were distracting. My next read will be Donnie Eichar's Dead Mountain, but I probably won't be reading any more of this author's series. I have a feeling I know how they will turn out, and many of the reviews here bear this intuition out.
Later edit: I'm about halfway through Eichar's book, which was published in 2013. Mildly disturbed to find many striking similarities between Eichar's book and this, Jeremy Bates' , book, which was published in 2018. The similarities go beyond using the same limited source material, where it is expected that they would overlap quite a bit. But the decisions as to what items to emphasize and which to leave out, some striking similarities in sentence structure, and so on, left me with the strong impression that Bates didn't really bother to do his own research from the source material -- possibly just read Eichar's book and went on from there to develop his schlock horror genre ending. Nothing really wrong with that, but I've read other books about strking historical events where the source material is limited -- for example, books about the Shackleton incident -- and although the events of the various books are familiar, I've never had such a strong impression that one author had just copied from another.
Later edit: I'm about halfway through Eichar's book, which was published in 2013. Mildly disturbed to find many striking similarities between Eichar's book and this, Jeremy Bates' , book, which was published in 2018. The similarities go beyond using the same limited source material, where it is expected that they would overlap quite a bit. But the decisions as to what items to emphasize and which to leave out, some striking similarities in sentence structure, and so on, left me with the strong impression that Bates didn't really bother to do his own research from the source material -- possibly just read Eichar's book and went on from there to develop his schlock horror genre ending. Nothing really wrong with that, but I've read other books about strking historical events where the source material is limited -- for example, books about the Shackleton incident -- and although the events of the various books are familiar, I've never had such a strong impression that one author had just copied from another.
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Tremse
5.0 out of 5 stars
Totally Absorbing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 7, 2018Verified Purchase
Just like the characters in the book, I've been fascinated by the Dyatlov Case for years so this was a must-read book for me. The story of mysterious deaths of the 9 hikers in 1959 is intertwined with the present day story of an American author and his friend who travel to the Ural Mountains to investigate the case themselves. What follows is nail-biting stuff with a number of twists along the way.
I've read all but one of the World's Scariest Places books by Jeremy Bates and he delivers every time. I find myself still thinking about the stories weeks or months later. He has a knack of drawing readers in and the story becomes all-absorbing.
I've read all but one of the World's Scariest Places books by Jeremy Bates and he delivers every time. I find myself still thinking about the stories weeks or months later. He has a knack of drawing readers in and the story becomes all-absorbing.
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hamptoncherry
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Three and a half stars or four? Will give four for good research and imagination.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2019Verified Purchase
Again, this is very difficult to review this book. The real Dyatlov's group story is well researched by the author, and he follows it pretty diligently apart from a couple of dialogues and situations I found unlikely. The fictional modern part of the story is a wonderful flight of imagination which is unfortunately hugely unbelievable. If this is not a problem and you don't mind gory horror mixed in with a decent prose than you will probably like it. For me the story didn't work because I instantly disliked one of the characters and was glad when the person was killed in the end. To those unfamiliar with the real Dyatlov mystery I would recommend non-fictional books on the subject.
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Jane S
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2019Verified Purchase
Couldn't decide whether to give 3 or 4, so ideally 3.5 but let's be generous.
This was a great page-turner and I thought that for most of the book he handled the alternating stories very well, although towards the end the earlier drama really wasn't a drama at all (we knew pretty much what had happened.)
Characters much more three-dimensional than I expected in this kind of novel - don't mean to sound patronising, but when things are all scary and action-packed, it's a pleasant surprise to find a bit of depth.
Overall, really enjoyed it.
One big problem (maybe editorial.) Discrete and discreet mean totally different things, and was there really a palatable sense of whatever it was? Palpable, surely. There were a couple of others which I've forgotten. Sorry to sound like your English teacher, but my disbelief came crashing down from its willing suspension!
Still enjoyed it though.
This was a great page-turner and I thought that for most of the book he handled the alternating stories very well, although towards the end the earlier drama really wasn't a drama at all (we knew pretty much what had happened.)
Characters much more three-dimensional than I expected in this kind of novel - don't mean to sound patronising, but when things are all scary and action-packed, it's a pleasant surprise to find a bit of depth.
Overall, really enjoyed it.
One big problem (maybe editorial.) Discrete and discreet mean totally different things, and was there really a palatable sense of whatever it was? Palpable, surely. There were a couple of others which I've forgotten. Sorry to sound like your English teacher, but my disbelief came crashing down from its willing suspension!
Still enjoyed it though.
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J. Conway
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best not read on a Kindle in the dark 🙀
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2018Verified Purchase
I don’t often do reviews but this book is something else. Based on truth, had me googling dyatlov, fascinating. The book was excellent, but, I never thought I would say this about any book, at one point nearing the end actually had me terrified, it won’t spoil it by telling you, it was when the main character was in a cave situation, crawling through, without the option to go back, the tunnel getting tighter & tighter until he was convinced he was stuck, the descriptions, so explicit, so well written, I was there claustrophobic and terrified, the fact that I was reading in bed made no difference. What a brilliant writer is this man.
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Sophie
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 8, 2020Verified Purchase
Initially this book started really well, the Dyatlov Pass incident is a fascinating mystery. However once i reached the halfway mark i rolled my eyes and started skim reading the rest of the book.
I lost interest pretty quickly once the reveal occurred, I feel like something more intriguing could have been plotted considering the setup beforehand. This author always reels me in due to the real life settings, but the endings always leave me disappointed - more fool me for keeping on downloading his books 😆
I lost interest pretty quickly once the reveal occurred, I feel like something more intriguing could have been plotted considering the setup beforehand. This author always reels me in due to the real life settings, but the endings always leave me disappointed - more fool me for keeping on downloading his books 😆
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