Unbury Carol

In Josh Malerman's chilling novel, "Unbury Carol," Carol Evers suffers from a rare, terrifying condition: she periodically slips into a coma so profound it mimics death, a state from which she always miraculously awakens. Only three people truly understand her secret: her now-deceased best friend, her treacherous husband, and her long-lost love. When Carol next succumbs to her affliction, her husband, Dwight, seizes the opportunity to inherit her fortune. He plans to declare her dead and, with a chilling lack of remorse, bury her alive. Imprisoned within her own body, Carol can hear the preparations for her funeral, her desperate mind racing to find a way to survive this ultimate betrayal. Meanwhile, the infamous outlaw James Moxie, Carol's former lover, hears whispers of her demise. Haunted by their past and driven by a fierce, enduring love, he rides back into the world he left behind, pursued by his own dark history, determined to save the woman he loves before it's too late. It's a high-stakes race against time, where love, revenge, and the will to survive collide in a haunting, genre-bending odyssey.