Mountain Disaster

The true story behind the events that inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave. A "unique and bracing" (Booklist) first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, which took the lives of 19 "hotshots" -- firefighters trained specifically to battle...

Twelve-year-old Carly has recently recovered from an illness and to celebrate, Carly, her older brother, Ajay, and her dad go on a climbing trip in the Rocky Mountains. Even though Carly tries to convince her family she is a hundred-percent better, her troubling bouts of tiredness give her away. When an unexpected injury forces Carly and Ajay back down the mountain, Carly’s health is put to the ultimate test.

In 2006 freelance photojournalist and amateur climber Nick van der Leek wrote a five page analysis of the 1996 Everest disaster titled MOUNTAIN MADNESS, and published in HEARTLAND magazine. His distillation was described at the time by THE CLIMB co-author, Weston DeWalt, as ‘the clearest exposition of the 1996 disaster I have ever seen’. Now, nine years later, having honed his penmanship within the rigors and deceits of the True Crime genre, Nick van der Leek is taking on the Everest narrative once more but with a fresh approach. Compared to his 2006 article, NEVEREST is a much larger ...

On the morning of July 3, 1994, the site of a forest fire on Storm King Mountain in Colorado was wrongly recorded by the district's Bureau of Land Management office as taking place in South Canyon, thereby mislabeling forever one of the greatest tragedies in the annals of firefighting. That...

A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of No Shortcuts to the Top At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan...

Survival on Shell Mountain A Shell Mountain Apocalypse Novel — Book One How do you hold on to faith when the world starts to fall apart? When whispers of economic collapse begin to echo across the nation, the Miller family doesn’t wait for permission—they pack up their lives and head for the hills. Trading modern comforts for a cabin in the Smoky Mountains, they commit to living off-grid, off the radar, and on their own terms. But life on Shell Mountain isn’t easy. The land is unforgiving, neighbors are suspicious, and the tension in town is rising fast. While Erin clings to faith ...

The economic collapse started in China. But the world's economies were interconnected and interdependent. Within hours, the collapse had spread around the world. Eldon Waters was a prepper, and had been ever since he married Felicia Gomez. He heard news of the economic collapse as he was getting ready to start a new work week. He knew immediately that chaos and violence would quickly erupt. His first priority was defending his family. He took his marriage vows seriously. He was prepared to lay down his life to keep his wife and children safe. That meant that they would need to escape the ...

Tessa Vale knew the shifting winds meant danger. When a spark ignites the dry ponderosa pines of Black Pine National Park, the perfect summer weekend becomes a brutal fight for life. The flames spread faster than the evacuation orders. A crown fire cuts off the main highway. Tessa must lead a desperate group of trapped vacationers through the burning wilderness. Their only escape route is a blocked logging road. The smoke is toxic. The heat is lethal. Panic threatens to tear the group apart before the blaze can even reach them. They have one single chance to break through the fire line. Not...

In 1967, seven young men, members of a twelve-man expedition led by twenty-four-year-old Joe Wilcox, were stranded at 20,000 feet on Alaska's Mount McKinley in a vicious Arctic storm. Ten days passed while the storm raged, yet no rescue was mounted. All seven perished in what remains the most tragic expedition in American climbing history.

Billionaire Dax Mercer is selling the ultimate sanctuary. Deep in the Appalachian mountains, a luxury doomsday shelter is being carved into the ancient rock. It promises absolute safety from any global catastrophe. The sales pitch is a lie. The excavation crew has breached a cavern system that predates human history. They have awakened something that sleeps in the dark stone. These creatures are massive, relentless, and hungry. They do not want trespassers in their domain. Now, engineer Lena Garza and a handful of trapped survivors must fight their way through miles of collapsing tunnels ...

Editorial Review THE THIRD MAN is one of the most psychologically haunting entries in the Documented Terror collection, blending survival horror, buried historical mystery, and emotionally devastating existential terror into a deeply immersive experience that lingers long after the final page. Ted Lazaris creates a chilling atmosphere of hidden survivor testimonies, impossible recordings, and escalating institutional dread while grounding the horror in painfully human emotion, making the phenomenon feel frighteningly plausible rather than fantastical. With unforgettable imagery, award-level...

Sandy Stott, the "Accidents" editor at the journal of the Appalachian Mountain Club, delivers both a history and a celebration of the search and rescue workers who save countless lives in the White Mountains - along with a plea for us not to take their steadfastness and bravery for granted. Filled with tales of astonishing courage and sobering tragedy, Critical Hours will appeal to outdoor enthusiasts and armchair adventurers alike. 

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A harrowing, moving memoir of the 1972 plane crash that left its survivors stranded on a glacier in the Andes—and one man’s quest to lead them all home “In straightforward, staggeringly honest prose, Nando Parrado tells us what it took—and what it...

Life is an incredible journey with ups and downs. We soar, struggle, scale, and stumble, and often stand at the edge of cliffs, afraid to step into the unknown, unsure of where we will land. But instead of running away, we are called by God to stand firm, muster up what faith we can, and take a step. Because we were made to move mountains. In this inspiring book, Kristen Welch calls you to step out in faith and climb the mountain in front of you - not because you are good enough or adequate or able, but because God makes a way where there is no way. 

When the storm hit, the system failed. But some people are born to show up anyway. Former combat medic Sam Jenkins thought he’d buried his past, along with the family he couldn’t save. But when Hurricane Helene tears through the mountains of North Carolina, he finds himself standing guard at a powerless rural clinic, haunted by ghosts and running on duty alone. Then Jen Hayes, a no-nonsense midwife with grit and grace, bursts through the door carrying a laboring mother and a storm-shattered mission. Together, in the flicker of failing lights and howling wind, they deliver more than a ...

The river that was supposed to save them is trying to kill them. The Black River hasn't run high in years. The drought turned it into a dusty channel — cracked mud, dead fish, a trickle you could step across without getting your boots wet. Then the creek breaches upstream, and the river remembers what it is. A wall of water roars through the valley without warning. A family is stranded in the middle of the torrent with no way out and the water still rising. To the south, a wildfire is crowning through the canopy, cutting off the only road into the canyon. Cal Walker has faced fire. He's ...

The definitive account of one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, which killed nineteen elite firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshots and also inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave. “A tear-jerking classic.”—Outside Named One of the Best Books of the Year by...

A historic blizzard was supposed to be the worst of it. Then the electrical grid went completely black. Former search-and-rescue pilot David Rourke is trapped in a remote mountain lodge when a devastating cyberattack wipes out power and communications across the nation. As temperatures plummet dangerously below zero, the freezing guests must rely on David to navigate the brutal elements. But the freezing cold is only the first danger. Desperate men are converging on the lodge, led by someone willing to kill to secure resources for his own people. They will breach the walls by any means ...

After a plane is forced to make an emergency landing in a remote area, the surviving crew and passengers must wait until a rescue team arrives. But they soon discover they are not alone in the wilderness, and the rescue team is not showing up anytime soon.

Out of control forces, haunting circumstances, natural disasters, and eerie illuminations capture the imagination of anyone who witnesses the grand splendor of mysterious activity that eerily lacks an obvious source.The Brown Mountain Lights have been a hot topic of debate since the mid 1700s when early travelers started noticing strange events and lights that appear along the ridges of the mountain quite regularly. These ghostly lights have just enough presence about them that they can be witnessed on any clear day.