Explore the Chilling Mystery of the Mountain of the Dead - One of the World's Most Terrifying Locations

Amazon Customer: I am enjoying this series. The books so far, give a detailed account of the real events, and then adds a breath holding, heart racing, fictional story. The accounts are so detailed, I felt I was in the subzero weather or in the cloister phobic cave. I love the frightening twists in the books I have read so far. Must reads if you like historical events with an interesting fictional twist.

United States on Nov 07, 2023

Marion Gee: Excellent story with a great pace. Th
e characters were dynamic, as always with JB, and the story was completely original and believable. Great tale once again from a master

United States on Sep 04, 2023

Jeremy Woll: I just recently got back into reading about a month ago, and I stumbled across Jeremy Bates and his series. I already finished this book and Island of Dolls and both take you to the scenes almost immediately. Very well written. Only issue with this one is there was a couple of print issues, like a misspelling on one page and a miscalculation on another. Aside from that, I’m looking forward to the next 3 I just received in the mail.

United States on Sep 03, 2023

Bushrun: First and last Bates book I will read as this was an embarrassingly thin and predictable plot and really the chocolate handover took the biscuit
You might enjoy on a sun lounger after 7 or 8 cocktails

United Kingdom on Aug 31, 2023

Avedios: An amazing tale full of unexpected twist and turns. A compelling read; I could not put it down. The descriptions make you feel present in the place and time. Thank you, Jeremy and ver well done.

United Kingdom on May 06, 2023

Turbo: Loving this series of books and got to say this one is my favourite so far, so many emotions in this book and just when I thought I had the ending all figured out it all changed!!
Well written book with excellent characters, enjoyed the way it split between the past and present day.

United Kingdom on Mar 14, 2023

Kindle Customer: Not my fav Jeremy bates by far but its still a good book based on a real event with fiction thrown in.

United Kingdom on Jan 08, 2023

Zombie Inkpot: I first learned about the tragedy of the Dyatlov Pass incident on a cryptozoology site describing the hairy hominid theory for what happened to those poor people in 1959. My interest was immediately piqued, and I’ve read a lot about the doomed hiking expedition since.

Fresh from watching Liam Le Guillou’s documentary, An Unknown Compelling Force, I started reading Mountain of the Dead. After the documentary the ten hikers of the Dyatlov party were fresh in my mind, so I loved that Bates included photographs of their trip and even some real excerpts from their journal. I found their chapters the most compelling in the book and I was interested how he explained their deaths.

While I loved the story revolving around the modern day expedition- it gave me exactly what I was looking for - I found the characters hard to like. Corey, Disco and Olivia seemed like grotesque caricatures rather than real people, and even Corey’s tragic backstory rang hollow. However, I really enjoyed what happened to them in the Urals and I loved the world building around their experiences.

United States on Jul 28, 2022

Kindle Customer: Lost a bit of sleep with this one, but that's a good thing. Based on the true mystery of 9 hikers who died on the now infamous Dyatlov Pass in the Siberian Ural mountains in 1959. The mysterious aspect of why these healthy, fit hikers all abandoned their strong canvas tent, ill prepared for the blizzard conditions they found themselves in, some even only partially dressed has confounded history buffs for decades. Has Jeremy Bates come up with the real reason behind their deaths? Maybe. Enough to say that conspiracy theorists will love this book!

The book was written in a fascinating style: alternating chapters between the 1959 hikers and a current day writer, who is researching for a new book on the Dyatlov group's deaths by recreating their expedition. This made for an engrossing and satisfying read, as Bates gives you a little snippet of what the hikers must have gone through, then switched, leaving you wanting to read more, with each chapter fitting neatly into the previous, like a giant jigsaw puzzle.

Having read The Catacombs, part of the World's Scariest Places series, I was keen to read other books in the series. This one is by far the best I've come across....

Australia on Oct 12, 2020

Richard ChristouRichard Christou: In 1959, Nine russian hikers camping in a remote part of Siberia, led by Igor Dyatlov, leave their tent during a blizzard and a few days later rescuers find all nine dead in mysterious. circumstances. Despite numerous investigations the mysery has never been satisfactorily solved. So far the story is true. Look up Dyatlov Pass on Wikipedia. The book splits into two overlapping narratives. The first follows the journey of the doomed hikers from their start in Yekateringurg Siberia to their deaths at Death Mountain Pass, renamed Dyatlorv pass in their memory. You can still see their memorial there today (See picture above from Wikipedia) . The other strand follows a modern party who are on an expedition to visit the pass and solve the mystery where previous investigations have failed. Throughout the story is illustrated by genuine photographs from 1959 many taken by the hikers themselves as their expedition proceeds. We come to identify with them on their journey and this really adds to our ivolvement in their story and their deaths. The modern expedition finally solves the mystery. Is this the true answer? Read the book and decide for yourselves. I have given this five stars for...

United States on Sep 09, 2020