New York Times Best Selling Author Sam Neumann Releases Second Novel

DENVER, COLORADO, August 10, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Author Sam Neumann has released his second novel, The Call of the Mountain.

Deep in the mountains of Colorado, Julian Meyer has escaped his life. The car horns are gone, the suffocating city is gone, and the Wall Street high rise and everything that came with it is gone. The wife is gone. The misery is gone.

He went west to escape a life he hated, and Julian Meyer found solace in the tiny mountain town of Otter Ridge. The pace is slower, the skies are blue, and the mornings are quiet. Julian Meyer can finally relax.

But amidst the detached serenity, there’s evil in those hills. A chaotic web of deceit, corruption, and seduction slowly steals him from the beauty of his surroundings and pushes him into a perverse game in which there is no winner.

The Call of the Mountain is a fast-paced thriller that thrusts the reader square in the middle of mountain life, exploring the depths of greed and obsession and telling the story of one little town with a dangerous addiction. 

In this title, Neumann returns to the mountains, where he originally gained notoriety for the 2012 smash hit Memoirs of a Gas Station: A Delightfully Awkward Journey Across the Alaskan Tundra.

“I’m a mountain guy at my core,” Neumann said. “I feel at home in that setting, and I’m elated to be able to share this story with fans of thrillers and suspense, and anyone interested in mountain life. The book is a slight shift for me, but I think I’ve found a groove that I’ll stay in for a while.”

The ninety-second video trailer for the book has already racked up thousands of views in just a few weeks on YouTube.

“I’m very intrigued by this trailer, and that’s the greatest test of a book trailer,” said Dan Rosen of BookReels.com, a website devoted to reviewing book trailers. “It felt like a real movie trailer.”

The story is told in Neumann’s distinct inquisitive style, and reviewers have already hailed it as “tremendous writing” and “enough to keep you up past your bed time.