Abandon
Blake Crouch's Abandon (2009) is a ghost story and horror novel. Much of the action takes place in Colorado. Key subjects include abandoned mines, ghost towns, wilderness areas and haunted places.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 16 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 11 editions.
It runs to roughly 450 pages — 8–9 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Abandon
On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote mining town will disappear, belongings forsaken, meals left to freeze in vacant cabins, and not a single bone will be found -- not even the gold that was rumored to have been the pride of this town. One hundred and thirteen years later, two backcountry guides are hired by a leading history professor and his journalist daughter to lead them into the abandoned mining town so they can learn what happened. This has been done once before, but the people who went in did not come out. Joining them are a psychic and a paranormal photographer -- the town is rumored to be haunted. They've come to see a ghost town, but what they are about to discover is that twenty miles from civilization, with a blizzard bearing down upon them, they are not alone, and the past is very much alive.
Quick answers
Who wrote Abandon?
Abandon was written by Blake Crouch and first published in 2009.
What genre is Abandon?
It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories and Horror.
How long is Abandon?
The median edition has 450 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Abandon?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Passage, The Graveyard Book and The Willows.
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