Synopsis
“Reeled out with the chilling calmness of a Hitchcock film, Above haunts as it illuminates. Deftly told, this tale of human resilience in the face of madness is a horror classic for our times” (Lynn Cullen, bestselling author of Mrs. Poe).
Blythe Hallowell is sixteen when she is abducted by a survivalist and locked away in an abandoned missile silo in Eudora, Kansas. At first, she focuses frantically on finding a way out, until the harrowing truth of her new existence settles in—the crushing loneliness, the terrifying madness of a captor who believes he is saving her from the end of the world, and the persistent temptation to give up. But nothing prepares Blythe for the burden of raising a child in confinement. Determined to give the boy everything she has lost, she pushes aside the truth about a world he may never see for a myth that just might give meaning to their lives below ground. Years later, their lives are ambushed by an event at once promising and devastating. As Blythe’s dream of going home hangs in the balance, she faces the ultimate choice—between survival and freedom.
Above is a riveting tale of resilience in which “stunning” (Daily Beast) new literary voice Isla Morley compels us to imagine what we would do if everything we had ever known was taken away. Like the bestselling authors of Room and The Lovely Bones before her, Morley explores the unthinkable with haunting detail and tenderly depicts our boundless capacity for hope.
Chapters
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Above 01 Title
Duration: 33s -
Above 02 Part1 Ch1a
Duration: 19min -
Above 03 Ch1b
Duration: 27min -
Above 04 Ch1c
Duration: 29min -
Above 05 Ch1d
Duration: 27min -
Above 06 Ch2a
Duration: 22min -
Above 07 Ch2b
Duration: 24min -
Above 08 Ch2c
Duration: 27min -
Above 09 Ch2d
Duration: 29min -
Above 10 Ch2e
Duration: 16min -
Above 11 Ch3a
Duration: 23min -
Above 12 Ch3b
Duration: 27min -
Above 13 Ch4a
Duration: 20min -
Above 14 Ch4b
Duration: 24min -
Above 15 Ch4c
Duration: 27min -
Above 16 Ch4d
Duration: 22min -
Above 17 Ch4e
Duration: 17min -
Above 18 Ch4f
Duration: 24min -
Above 19 Part2 Ch5a
Duration: 23min -
Above 20 Ch5b
Duration: 20min