The White Road

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*****From the author of THE THREE, coming soon to your screen as a major BBC adaptation by Golden Globe winner Peter Straughan*****

Adrenaline-junky Simon Newman sneaks onto private land to explore a dangerous cave in Wales with a strange man he's met online. But Simon gets more than he bargained for when the expedition goes horribly wrong. Simon emerges, the only survivor, after a rainstorm trap the two in the cave. Simon thinks he's had a lucky escape.

But his video of his near-death experience has just gone viral.

Suddenly Simon finds himself more famous than he could ever have imagined. Now he's faced with an impossible task: he's got to defy death once again, and film the entire thing. The whole world will be watching. There's only on place on earth for him to pit himself against the elements: Mt Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.

But Everest is also one of the deadliest spots on the planet. Two hundred and eighty people have died trying to reach its peak.

And Simon's luck is about to run out.

Reviews

This high-concept thriller is a blast. - Guardian on THE THREE

Compulsive reading. - Marie-Claire on THE THREE

A captivating thriller... it feels like a timely meditation on the toll that paranoia, fear and desperation can exact on people around the globe - Examiner on THE THREE

A creepy attention-grabbing thriller - Good Housekeeping on THE THREE

Sarah Lotz is a master at spinning high-energy yarns that are impossible to put down and hugely entertaining - Daily Express on DAY FOUR

Day Four is smart, incisive and raises real questions about the world in which we live.... But the real praise is that I had to leave the light on in the bedroom after finishing it. - Scotland on Sunday on DAY FOUR

Author Bio

Sarah Lotz is a screenwriter and novelist who pens novels under the name S.L Grey with author Louis Greenberg; YA novels with her daughter, as Lily Herne; and is one third of pseudonymous author Helena S. Paige. Lauren Beukes calls her 'a natural-born storyteller. Like the hand reaching up from the dark well, she'll drag you into her thrall. You'll come up gasping.' Sarah lives in England with her family and other animals.