Survivors

Tragedy and fragmented childhood memories set the tone for this psychological thriller filled with family stories. Not always the best...

After their mother's death, three brothers who haven't seen each other for a long time return to the lakeside house where, more than two decades earlier, an unspeakable accident forever changed the family's destiny.

Nils, the eldest, couldn't wait to escape the suffocating home. Pierre, the youngest, was always easily intimidated and thus often went on the attack. And Benjamin, the center of tension in the family, was constantly on the lookout for triggers and trapdoors in a volatile household where the children were left to their own devices, competing for their father's attention and their mother's fleeting love.

As the years passed, Benjamin became increasingly detached from reality, paralyzed as life continued around him. And a dangerous energy now vibrates between the brothers. What really happened that summer day when everything fell apart?

In a fast-paced and gripping narrative, Survivors brilliantly dissects a mind unraveling after tragedy. In this powerful book, Alex Schulman reveals the ways in which our deepest loyalties leave us vulnerable to the greatest betrayals.

“Already an international bestseller, Schulman’s novel is extraordinary in its structure… A fascinating and engaging read.” – Booklist

" Survivors takes you through an emotional maze that will make you cry for these brothers. For the men they became, the boys they were, the innocence they lost. Brilliant, haunting, and unforgettable." - Fredrik Backman, author of Anxious People

“A lyrical novel of psychological suspense… Powerfully realized.” - Wall Street Journal

“In this tense thriller, three adult siblings take their mother's ashes to a secluded lakeside cabin, where they grapple with a crime committed twenty years earlier… Their story is a Pandora's box of secrets.” - Oprah Daily

“Surprising and original.” - Kirkus Reviews

“Harrowing… Schulman writes in understated prose with a keen intuition for the subtleties of gesture and memory.” - Publishers Weekly

“It evokes a landscape seen through the eyes of a child, where beauty and terror are inseparable… A brilliant debut.” - The Guardian