NIGHTMARE EXPEDITION

By Tommy Rutgersson

NIGHTMARE EXPEDITION Five strangers. One mysterious invitation. A mountain lodge where reality itself comes undone. When Mia Chen, a brilliant MIT-bound student, receives a black envelope containing a vintage brass key and coordinates to a remote location, she dismisses it as an elaborate prank. But curiosity gets the better of her, especially when she discovers four others received identical invitations: Tyler Washington, a former star quarterback struggling with a career-ending injury; Zoe Ramirez, a gifted photographer with family secrets; Lucas Reed, a quiet bookworm searching for his missing brother; and Dani Morgan, a social media influencer with a carefully constructed public image. Upon arriving at Blackwood Heights Lodge, the five find themselves cut off from the outside world, forced to navigate increasingly nightmarish "challenges" designed by an unseen host. As impossible architectural anomalies and horrifying manifestations plague them, they discover the truth: the lodge exists at the threshold between dimensions, and something ancient and hungry is using them to break through the weakening boundary between worlds. What began as a weekend adventure becomes a desperate fight for both survival and sanity as each confronts personal demons made horrifyingly real. The lodge's true purpose is revealed--they aren't guests but potential vessels for an entity known as the Hollow One, which needs human consciousness to fully manifest in our reality. As they struggle against possession and reality itself unravels around them, they face an impossible choice: resist until the boundary between dimensions collapses completely, or embrace a transformation that might save countless lives at the cost of their humanity. NIGHTMARE EXPEDITION is a cerebral psychological horror novel that blends elements of cosmic terror with profound philosophical questions about the nature of consciousness, reality, and identity. Readers who enjoyed Danielewski's "House of Leaves," Koji Suzuki's "Ring," or Jeff VanderMeer's "Annihilation" will be drawn into this meticulously crafted nightmare where perception itself becomes unreliable and the boundaries between victim and monster, reality and hallucination, transformation and destruction blur beyond recognition. Some doors, once opened, change you forever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F5WQDCJH
• ISBN13: 9798280865129
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 143 Pages
• Dimensions: 11.7" x 0.3" x 8.3"