Hard to figure how so much awful horror could’ve started out with just them two horses and not a one yet named…
From the bestselling author of House of Leaves comes a magisterial novel about two friends determined to rescue a pair of horses set for slaughter.
While folks still like to focus on the crimes that shocked the small city of Orvop, Utah, back in the fall of 1982, not to mention the trials that followed, far more remember the adventure that took place beyond municipal lines.
For sure no one expected the dead to rise, but they did. No one expected the mountain to fall either, but it did. No one expected an act of courage so great, and likewise so appalling, that it still staggers the heart and mind of anyone who knows anything about the Katanogos massif, to say nothing of Pillars Meadow.
As one Orvop high school teacher described that extraordinary feat just days before she died, Fer sure no one expected Kalin March to look Old Porch in the eye and tell him: You get what you deserve when you ride with cowards.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 1232
Imprint: Pantheon US
Publication date: 11/11/2025
Tom’s Crossing
By Mark Z Danielewski
Review by Dave
You might look sideways at this doorstopper and wonder if it’ll deliver, but Danielewski is a hell of a storyteller. Most of the action in his rule-breaking Western takes place over five days but he packs so much detail into that short time-frame it has the power of an epic. It's got guns, ghosts, horse thievery, avalanches and all the drama and action that comes with that. But there's also real emotional depth in the bond between the main characters and the horses they want to save and the surprise reveals kept me hooked to the end. I'll admit it’s a heavy book to read in bed, but it's worth it! Absolutely unique.
