Supernatural: Witch's Canyon

By Jeff Mariotte

Twenty-two years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. In the years after, their father, John, taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America...and he taught them how to kill it.

Sam and Dean have set out on a road trip to the Grand Canyon, but this is no vacation for the brothers. On a stretch of deserted ranchland just beyond the canyon's stunning vistas, mysterious murder sprees have occurred every forty years. The area's inhabitants have been few and far between in years past, but a nearby mega-mall is about to celebrate its grand opening—and attract thousands of fresh victims.

The Winchester boys are determined to protect locals and shoppers alike, but they never anticipated they'd be fighting a group of killers this vicious, this vindictive, this . . . dead. A deadly horde of animal spirits and human ghosts has arisen to terrorize this tiny corner of the Arizona desert. If Sam and Dean can't figure out why, the wide-open spaces of the West will once again become a desolate frontier . . . and the witch's canyon will be the brothers' final resting place.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Oct 13, 2009
• ISBN: 9780061876134

Jeff Mariotte

Jeff Mariotte is the award-winning author of more than seventy novels, including thrillers Empty Rooms and The Devil’s Bait, supernatural thrillers Season of the Wolf, Missing White Girl, River Runs Red, and Cold Black Hearts, and horror epic The Slab. With his wife, the author Marsheila Rockwell, he wrote the science fiction/horror/thriller 7 SYKOS, and numerous shorter works. He also writes comic books, including the long-running horror/Western comic book series Desperadoes and graphic novels Zombie Cop and Fade to Black. He has worked in virtually every aspect of the book business, including bookselling, marketing, editing, and publishing. He lives in Arizona, in a home filled with books, art, music, toys, and love.

Reviews for Supernatural

[Crystal Lee · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I liked this book. It kept me coming back for more. However, I plan on reading all of the books because I also love the show.

[Fraser · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Pretty good, I like the TV series and this is very much in line with the episodes. A solid read for anyone who's a fan of the show.

[Elisa Gabriela · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

4

[Rose Winchester · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Best book ever

[shanaqui_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Witch's Canyon, by Jeff Mariotte, is maybe the best of the three books. It doesn't try too hard to characterise Sam and Dean, mostly focusing on the job, and revealing bits and pieces of them at times. It's still not great, but I liked it better than the other two. The plot felt very much like a Supernatural episode, although it did have the advantage of having much more time to build up. I kind of felt like the forty-year cycle wasn't adequately explained, even if it was caused by a bitchy witch, but it was fun.

I know it's realistic that people are stupid, but really, some people in this book took the cake. Still, there were a couple of characters I got to quite like for trying to help the boys: namely Baird and Juliet.

Still a quick, relatively trashy read, but fun all the same.

[phyllis2779 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

An OK book. I'm glad I took it out of the library. Not something I'd ever re-read. Mostly an adventure story. Not too much focus on Sam and Dean. I've read better fan fiction.

[pacey1927 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

"Witch's Canyon" is the 2nd novel based on the tv show "Supernatural". This story has Sam and Dean visiting the Grand Canyon. One of the nearby canyon towns has a paranormal problem- natch, this is Supernatural! Every forty years, the town has a huge murder spree that can't be explained. There are a variety of killers, murder weapons, and sites with little in common. Sam and Dean get to town just as the "forty year" begins. They want to find out the problem and take care of it as quickly as possible. When they learn of the "Grand Opening" for a brand new town mall, that will attract many out-of-towners, the Winchesters charge into overdrive. This book hits where the first one, "Nevermore" misses and misses where "Nevermore" scored a bullseye. I'll explain: "Nevermore" has the Dean/Sam dialogue down almost perfectly. I could picture the boys in my head actually saying the line in the book. In "Witch's Canyon" we miss a lot of dialogue altogether. There is none of that sarcastic, trademark "Winchester Brothers" humor. However the plot is much better in this book. The story is straightforward and exciting. The pieces add up to a good puzzle and the wrap up isn't bad either. The story has several good supporting characters and a nicely laid out back story. I thought "Nevermore" had too many side plots and the main plot was buried. The ending of that once was also a bit of a letdown. I enjoyed this book more than "Nevermore" but it could easily have been starring any set of random brothers, rather than Sam and Dean Winchester.