“Morley’s writing is magnetic, instantly attaching the reader to the story. 'A riveting, heartstopping tale of determination, love and hope for the future.' In a series of gripping twists, Morley elevates the complexities of Blythe and Adam’s situation, deepening the themes of survival and dependence… a stellar and surprising ride.”

'Morley scores with an audacious page-turner. This is a novel that challenges you to believe.' 'The isolation and darkness wrap you like wild vines and force you to face the nightmare, but Above plunges you forward and drives toward hope, because sometimes that's all that remains.

Lynn Cullen, bestselling author of Mrs. Deftly told, this tale of human resilience in the face of madness is a horror classic for our times.' 'Reeled out with the chilling calmness of a Hitchcock film, Above haunts as it illuminates. “Quite moving…intriguing and provocative.' 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. As Blythe’s dream of going home hangs in the balance, she faces the ultimate choice-between survival and freedom.Ībove 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. Years later, their lives are ambushed by an event at once promising and devastating. 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. But nothing prepares Blythe for the burden of raising a child in confinement. 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. Poe).īlythe Hallowell is sixteen when she is abducted by a survivalist and locked away in an abandoned missile silo in Eudora, Kansas. 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. “Reeled out with the chilling calmness of a Hitchcock film, Above haunts as it illuminates.

Above by isla morley