Early galleys of So Cold The River are floating around out there, and I’m thrilled to report that several excellent writers have already offered up very generous words in support of the book.
We also have an official pub date now: June 9, 2010.
“An icy, terrifying winner. SO COLD THE RIVER puts an October chill in your blood by the end of the first chapter. It’s not much longer before you’ve turned on all the lights and rechecked all the window locks. Few novelists warrant mention alongside Stephen King or Peter Straub. Michael Koryta, however, earns comparison to both.”
–Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of The Given Day, Mystic River, and Shutter Island
“Michael Koryta is a gifted storyteller. His writing is eerie, suspenseful, and pleasantly wicked. If you’re looking for a dose of Midwestern Gothic at its best, So Cold The River will be just the thing for you.”
— Scott Smith, Oscar-nominated and New York Times bestselling author of A Simple Plan and The Ruins.
“This book builds like a summer storm. Beautiful to watch until it shakes the house and knocks out the lights, leaving you alone in the dark. Another masterful work from Michael Koryta, So Cold The River is guaranteed to put the cold finger down your spine.”
— Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Scarecrow, 9 Dragons, and The Brass Verdict
“With So Cold The River, Michael Koryta’s West Baden Springs Hotel has joined Stephen King’s Overlook Hotel in the listings of 5-star places to stay in Frommer’s, Fodor’s, and The Lonely Planet’s Guidebook to Hell. Like King’s ‘Overlook’ (based on the real Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado), Koryta’s West Baden Springs is a real hotel with real history. But if you stay there . . . for God’s sake, don’t drink the water! Koryta’s So Cold The River is an example of the good-writing equals good-reading equation that makes fright-inducing fiction worthy of our time, attention, and real enjoyment.
— Dan Simmons, NY Times bestselling author of Drood and The Terror