Suicide Forest: 1 (World's Scariest Places) - Softcover

"Creatively creepy and sure to scare" - The Japan Times

"In Bates' (The Taste of Fear, 2012, etc.) horror novel, a simple excursion into a reputedly haunted forest turns into a nightmare when people start dying in conspicuously unnatural ways... [His] choice to avoid brazen scares makes for an understated horror story that will remind readers what chattering teeth sound like." - Kirkus Reviews

Taglines:

Where nobody rests in peace.

The bad news is they're lost. There is no good news.

Where fear is a place.

You're not supposed to leave the path. They did.

Awards for the World's Scariest Places series:

AUSTRALIAN HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION SHADOWS AWARD (WINNER, 2016)

FOREWORD INDIES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD (GOLD, 2016)

READER VIEWS LITERARY AWARD (WINNER, 2015)

GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD (FINALIST, 2015)

AUSTRALIAN HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION SHADOWS AWARD (FINALIST, 2015)

FOREWORD INDIES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD (FINALIST, 2014)

THE SKOUTZ AWARD (GERMAN, FINALIST 2017)

INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARD (FINALIST, 2016)

NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARD (FINALIST, 2017)

Praise for the World's Scariest Places series:

"Will remind readers what chattering teeth sound like" - Kirkus Reviews

"With a shout-out to Stephen King, Bates's series seems to draw inspiration from other contemporary classics such as the Final Destination film series and the American Horror Story anthology...Voracious readers of horror will delightfully consume the contents of Bates's World's Scariest Places books" - BookLife Prize

"Thriller fans and readers of Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, and other masters of the art will find much to love" - Midwest Book Review

"Will make your skin crawl" - Scream Magazine

"Told with an authoritative voice full of heart and insight" - Richard Thomas, Bram-Stoker Nominated Author

"Takes any preconceived notions of 'horror' and turns them on end" - Midwest Book Review

"Grabs and doesn't let go until the end" - Writer's Digest

"You won't be disappointed" - HorrorAddicts

"Bates knows how to creep into his reader's mind and toy around" - Horror Palace

"Spellbinding" - Bestsellersworld

"Readers will be on the edge of their seats until the very end" - BookLife Prize

"Something to give you chills before you go to bed" - San Francisco Book Review

"Excellent!" - Andrew Peterson, international bestselling author of FIRST TO KILL

"Will delight horror fans who want their novels steeped in psychological suspense as well as action" - Midwest Book Review

"Invites you to read it in one sitting" - Hellnotes

From USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Jeremy Bates comes a tale of mystery and horror set in Japan's ancient Suicide Forest, a place that is easy to enter but, for some, impossible to leave. Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for horror. For fans of Stephen King.

Just outside of Tokyo lies Aokigahara, a vast forest and one of the most beautiful wilderness areas in Japan...and also the most infamous spot to commit suicide in the world. Legend has it that the spirits of those many suicides are still roaming, haunting deep in the ancient woods.

When bad weather prevents a group of friends from climbing neighboring Mt. Fuji, they decide to spend the night camping in Aokigahara. But they get more than they bargained for when one of them is found hanged in the morning—and they realize there might be some truth to the legends after all.

Praise for Jeremy Bates:

"A master storyteller!" ★★★★★

"Best book I've read to date" ★★★★★

"Old-school horror story reminiscent of Stephen King" ★★★★★

"Perfect for Laymon fans!" ★★★★★

"Definitely recommend to all fans of modern horror" ★★★★★

"Any Stephen King or Dean Koontz fan will love it" ★★★★★

"I sort of fell into Jeremy Bates by accident, and I'm so glad I did. He's one of my new favorite writers, and I urge everyone to check him out" ★★★★★

"The most chilling book I’ve ever read!" ★★★★★

"Definitely gave me chills reading this late at night which hasn't happened since I was a 13-year-old teenager reading Stephen King's It for the first time" ★★★★★

"Absolutely loved this book" ★★★★★

"Non-stop adrenaline rush from beginning to end" ★★★★★

"I was hooked from the first page!" ★★★★★

"Binge-worthy!" ★★★★★

"I had to stop reading at certain points because he was freaking me out. That only happens to me with one other writer - Stephen King" ★★★★★

"This is one of the best books I have ever read!" ★★★★★

"A very juicy, scary ride" ★★★★★

"Suicide Forest is up there with Joe Hill's Heart Shaped Box" ★★★★★

"Scariest book I've ever read" ★★★★★

"Huge fan of Mr Bates! You won't be disappointed" ★★★★★

"Edge-of-my-seat experience! I felt I was indeed living the horror" ★★★★★

"Page-turner with a twist! I was hanging on to every word!" ★★★★★

"I found it rivaling some of Stephen King's and Dean Koontz's early works - high praise indeed" ★★★★★

"One of the greatest suspense-filled books I have ever read" ★★★★★

"If you enjoy Richard Laymon , you'll love reading Jeremy Bates" ★★★★★

"A true edge-of-your-seat thriller...I couldn't put it down!" ★★★★★

"Startlingly Spooky!" ★★★★★

"A non-stop page-turner!" ★★★★★

"Early Stephen King, Robert McCammon, Jeremy Bates is a must read!" ★★★★★

"As usual Jeremy Bates has done it again... Give him a try, you'll not regret it" ★★★★★

Although in a series, this is a STAND-ALONE novel. For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Richard Laymon, Bentley Little, as well as other horror and mystery authors such as Dan Simmons, Jack Ketchum, Robert McCammon, Brian Keene, Darcy Coates, Amy Cross, Jeff Strand, Ambrose Ibsen, Jeremy Robinson, Nick Cutter, Blake Crouch, Joe Hill, Iain Rob Wright, Jeff Menapace, Matt Shaw, Heather Graham, Jack Kilborn, James Herbert. We hope you enjoy!