Though the anticipation of survival is one of the most popular themes for us daydreamers and for children of all ages to ponder as we drift off to sleep, few would admit the darker alleys these musings might take. With an undercurrent of questionable morality that few human beings have ever experienced, this book takes its readers to places he prays he’d never personally go. This intense account of death and survival in the frigid and lifeless Andes mountain range paints such a vivid portrait of human endurance that it’s nearly impossible to put down, though your stomach might be fighting your brain the entire way. In fact, it’s one of the few books I’ve ever re-read and will definitely read again, putting it in a very special league. It’s been almost a dozen years since I first read Alive by Piers Paul Read, a book that I still to this day consider one of my all-time favorites.
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