![]() However, they push forward despite all the setbacks because the promise of what awaits them in the West is enough to keep them going. Violence between them, dwindling rations, missed connections, seemingly ineffective attempts at moving faster, broken equipment, questionable leadership, and, worse of all, the mysterious death of a little boy have all added up to frayed nerves, anger, and fear. Evil is vague term, but it’s also the only way to explain the unending series of calamities that have plagued them since they departed. There is something evil hunting, and haunting, the travelers who are part of the wagon train known as the Donner Party. ![]() Well, enter Alma Katsu and The Hunger, her retelling of the Donner Party’s chronicle with a supernatural twist. ![]() That being said, perhaps there is no story more deserving of reimagination than that of the Donner Party. From The Alamo to the narratives of early New York and from the fate of early explorers to the gold fever days of California, the country’s history is packed with fertile ground for historical fiction. ![]() There are many moments in the history of the United States that deserve every drop of ink that has been used to write about them. ![]()
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