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Since it's still the Spooky Season, I'll go with a horror theme and ten books
I want to read that feature dangerous trips, part 5!
1) Cameron Roubique-Kill River
In the summer of 1983,
thirteen-year-old Cyndi and her three new-found friends Stacy, Zack, and
Brad decide to sneak away from their summer camp in the middle of the
night by rafting down the nearby rivers. After spending a tense night
lost in the woods, the four teenagers stumble into a mysterious water
park that appears to be completely empty. At first, they are
thrilled to have the rides all to themselves, at least until one of them
disappears. Soon they discover that they are trapped in the park, and a
dark figure is stalking them from the shadows, picking them off one by
one. Once night falls, Cyndi will have to fight to escape the park, a
masked maniac, and a living nightmare.
2) James Sabata-Fat Camp
Since 1985, over 500
overweight teenagers have come to Camp Wašíču, looking to lose weight,
gain self-confidence, and turn their lives around. Phillip
McCracken arrives, weighing in at almost 400 pounds, but the baggage he
carries from the past affects him much more deeply than the numbers of
the scale. When a homicidal maniac hell-bent on revenge attacks,
Phillip will be forced to either find the courage to save the people
around him or fall victim to his own self-doubt…and possibly a machete.
3) David A Simpson-Convoy Of Carnage
After decades of
planning, the contagion was unleashed and overnight hundreds of millions
died and came back as rampaging, undead monsters. The living that had
been lucky enough to survive the first day of carnage, lucky enough to
be in the right place and lucky enough that some of them had the skills
they needed, soon found out there was much more to worry about than just
zombies. In the high desert on the outskirts of Reno, there is an old
truck stop frequented by a mix of hard caliber truckers, day tourists,
musicians and travelers. They have survived the chaotic first hours of
contact with the undead and now must make their way across the country
to a location they believe is safe. Zombies are only the beginning of
their troubles as they try to cover the thousands of miles of open road
with their hastily armored 18-wheelers.
4) Gaby Triana-Island Of Bones
When Ellie Whitaker
leaves her dead-end job behind to spread her grandmother's ashes in
tropical paradise, the last thing she expected was to face more ghosts.
But darkness lurks inside her nana's ancestral home. Ellie's presence
stirs up its energies. And as a hurricane creeps closer to the island,
she must hurry to discover long-buried truths. About her
treasure-hunting grandfather's death in 1951. About the curse her
grandmother left behind. About the innkeeper next door with an evil
secret. And the spectral visions she keeps having. Some there to help
her. Some to make sure Ellie becomes a ghostly resident of haunted Key
West forever.
5) Russ Watts-Megalodon Riptide
When Luke arranged a
deal for safe passage on a trawler he thought he had found a way to save
his family. The skipper was an old friend who knew the ocean, and how
to hunt. But there was something that none of them had encountered
before, a terrifying creature from the cold depths of the ocean that
rose up and killed mercilessly. The Megalodon was supposed to
be a myth, a prehistoric relic consigned to history books. As Luke is
stalked by the monster, he realizes that keeping his family safe is only
the beginning of his problems. The hunters are about to become the hunted.
6) Anna Willett-Backwoods Ripper
A country drive quickly turns into a nightmare for newly-weds Paige and Hal Loche. When you are in the bush, pregnant, and your husband is hurt what do you do? Will you trust just about anyone? When
their car gets a flat tire in the Australian outback, it should be a
simple job for capable Hal to fix. His wife pregnant, he sets to it. But
an accident befalls him, leaving him immobilized. Paige is now their
only hope of getting out of the bush. When Paige chances upon
a stranger, it seems her prayers are answered. But the stranger doesn’t
want to help. She wants something else, and it’s not Paige’s husband.
Hal is expendable, piece by piece it seems, but her baby isn’t. What will Paige do to protect her unborn child, and at what price?
7) David Wood-Primordial
Sometimes, the legends
are true. When eccentric billionaire, Ellis Holloway, hires renegade
marine biologist, Sam Aston, to investigate the legend of a monster in a
remote Finnish lake, Aston envisions an easy paycheck and a chance to
clear his gambling debts. But he gets much more. There is something
terrible living beneath the dark waters of Lake Kaarme and it is hungry.
As the death toll mounts, Aston faces superstitious locals, a
power-hungry police chief, and a benefactor's descent into madness as he
races to find the legendary beast of the lake.
8) Cherie Priest-The Toll
Titus and Davina Bell
leave their hotel in Fargo for a second honeymoon canoeing the
Okefenokee Swamp. But shortly before they reach their destination, they
draw up to a halt at the edge of a rickety bridge with old stone
pilings, with room for only one car . . .When, much later, a
tow-truck arrives, the driver finds Titus lying in the middle of the
road, but Davina is nowhere to be found.
9) Hunter Shea-Ghost Mine
Deep in a Wyoming mine,
hell awaits. Nat Blackburn is given an offer he can't refuse by
President Teddy Roosevelt. Tales of gold in the abandoned mining town of
Hecla abound. The only problem - those who go seeking their fortune
never return. Along with his constant companion, Teta, a hired gun with a
thirst for adventure, Nat travels to a barren land where even animals
dare not tread. Black-eyed children, strange lights and ferocious wild
men venture from the deep, dark ghost mine...as well as a sinister force
hungry for fresh souls.
10) Camille Picott-Undead Ultra
For ultrarunners Kate
and Frederico, a typical Saturday morning is spent pounding out a
twenty- to thirty-mile “fun run.” It’s during one of their runs that an
insidious illness descends upon northern California, turning humans into
flesh-shredding zombies. When Kate receives a desperate call
from her son, Carter, she and Frederico flee their hometown and set out
to help him. The only problem? Carter attends college over two hundred
miles away and the freeways—clogged with car wrecks, zombies, and
government blockades—are impassable. Running back roads and railroad
tracks becomes their only means of travel, but neither of them has ever
run so far before. As pain, injuries, hunger, and fatigue plague
them, getting to Carter and staying alive seem impossible. It’s either
outrun the undead or become one of them, and for Kate, death is not an
option.
