Wonderland - Zoje Stage - 2020







By: Zoje Stage

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release date: 07-14-20

Language: English

Genre: Horror

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Format: mp3 64/48 stereo



Publisher's Summary



Shirley Jackson meets The Shining in this richly atmospheric and thrillingly tense new novel from the acclaimed author of the "deliciously creepy" debut Baby Teeth (New York Post).



One mother's love may be all that stands between her family, an enigmatic presence - and madness.



After years of city life, Orla and Shaw Bennett are ready for the quiet of New York's Adirondack mountains - or at least, they think they are. Settling into the perfect farmhouse with their two children, they are both charmed and unsettled by the expanse of their land, the privacy of their individual bedrooms, and the isolation of life a mile from any neighbor.



But none of the Bennetts could expect what lies waiting in the woods, where secrets run dark and deep. When something begins to call to the family - from under the earth, beneath the trees, and within their minds - Orla realizes she might be the only one who can save them...if she can find out what this force wants before it's too late.



With an ending inescapable and deeply satisfying, Wonderland brilliantly blends horror and suspense to probe the boundaries of family, loyalty, love, and the natural world.



©2020 Zoje Stage (P)2020 Hachette Audio



Critic Reviews



"Zoje Stage's Wonderland is a mesmerizing journey into the darkest realms of the supernatural; a family, escaping the perils of city life, discovers that the splendors of nature can mask a hidden face of savage, unnameable terror." (Kathleen Kent, author of The Burn)



"Memorable imagery.... Stage's darkly lyrical writing style shines." (Publishers Weekly)



"Oh, fright fans rejoice. That sure hand you're looking for? That relentless climb, that crescendo of cold sweat? It's all here. Deep in the woods, under a lot of snow, steeped in mad, unfamiliar nature. Zoje Stage is in total control of your nightmare. For those who live to be scared, Wonderland is the book you'll be glad you cracked open at home, alone, at night." (Josh Malerman, New York Times best-selling author of Bird Box and Malorie)



Editor's Pick



A perfect creepy campfire horror

I’m about to move into a new house, so maybe listening to a haunted house tale was a questionable decision on my part, but summer is the next best thing to October for horror listening in my mind, and Zoje Stage’s new novel—billed as ‘’Shirley Jackson’’ meets The Shining—was just too hard to resist. A family moves from NYC to a quiet house in the woods—and as the sense of isolation creeps in (can relate), so does a strange, menacing force. It’s creepy, thrilling, and atmospheric all at the same time—thanks in large part to Xe Sands’s understated, yet nuanced narration, which so perfectly embodies the quiet dread and melancholy that are essential to this type of tale. —Sam D., Audible Editor











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