FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WORLD WAR Z 'TRUE TERROR' Guardian ' NAIL CHOMPING
SUSPENSE ' Total Film ______________________________________ As the ash and chaos from Mount
Rainier's eruption swirled and finally settled the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed
unnoticed unexamined . . . until now. But the journals of resident Kate Holland recovered
from the town's bloody wreckage capture a tale too harrowing - and too earth-shattering in its
implications - to be forgotten. In these pages Max Brooks brings Kate's extraordinary account
to light for the first time faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive
investigations into the massacre and the beasts behind it once thought legendary but now known
to be terrifyingly real. Kate's is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience of humanity's
defiance in the face of a terrible predator's gaze and inevitably of savagery and death. Yet
it is also far more than that. Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real then we
must accept the impossible. We must accept that the creature known as Bigfoot walks among us -
and that it is a beast of terrible strength and ferocity. Part survival narrative part bloody
horror tale part scientific journey into the boundaries between truth and fiction this is a
Bigfoot story as only Max Brooks could chronicle it - and like none you've ever read before.
______________________________________ 'Unputdownable' John Marrs bestselling author of The
One 'A bloody good read' Andrew Hunter-Murray bestselling author of The Last Day 'A
masterful blend of laugh-out-loud social satire and stuff-your-fist-in-your-mouth horror. One
elevates the other making the book and its message all the more relevant.' David Sedaris
'For any fan of Bigfoot or cryptozoology it's a referential treat.' Guardian 'Dark
gripping and visceral Devolution is a unique journey into terror.' Waterstones 'Another
triumph from Max Brooks! . . . I can't wait until he turns every monster from childhood into an
intelligent entertaining page-turner' Stephen Chbosky No. 1 New York Times bestselling author
of Imaginary Friend and The Perks of Being a Wallflower 'Drawing you in with likeable
characters in a real-world situation then smashing your trust to pieces like a giant ape
crushing a skull with his bare hands. Devolution will make you think twice about booking that
remote weekend getaway in the woods.' Sci-Fi Now 5* review 'Max Brooks has written the
next great epistolary novel. Devolution is phenomenal' Josh Malerman New York Times
bestselling author of Bird Box 'One of the greatest horror novels I've ever read. The
characters soar the ideas sing and it's all going to scare the living daylights out of you'
Blake Crouch New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter 'Grisly page-turner . . .
Brooks' eye for rich characterisation pointed social commentary and nail-chomping suspense is
as sharp as ever' Total Film 'Delightful . . . A tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of
King and Crichton alike will enjoy' Kirkus Reviews (starred review) 'Timely terrifying and
utterly terrific.' SFX Magazine *****
