Debut Novel OUT NOW!
White Hell
White Hell tells the story of Peter ‘Peanuts’ McEwan, a white man pioneering west to California in 1846, who befriends an escaped slave named Violet and fights to protect her from the bigotry of his fellow travelers, and ultimately, from being sacrificed and cannibalized when their journey is halted by the mother of all snowstorms.
White Hell is loosely based on the infamous Donner Party Disaster, but author Sean Tyler draws on several genres – the novel is at one a romance, a western, a racial injustice drama, and, finally, a horrific freefall into cannibalism that seamlessly flows into one hell of an epic tale.
"Debut author Sean Tyler has a unique style - like God put Cormac McCarthy and Jack London in a blender. You'll be drawn into his characters and storytelling and will find it impossible to put this book down!"
-Kevin Klusener, author of The Killer’s Terms
”White Hell takes you on a journey you won’t soon forget. It’s 1846 and you’re headed west in the capable hands of Sean Tyler. He’ll take you on that long desperate journey with bigots, ex-preachers drunk on trailbrew and freed (or maybe not) slaves. You may even fall in love with the beautiful Violet along the way. You never know who is following you, watching you, or waiting up ahead to ambush you. Some of you won’t make it, but it’s a hell of a ride.”
--Jenny Dandy, author of The Brownstone on E. 83rd and The Penthouse on Park Avenue (April 2025)”
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About SeAN
Sean Tyler is a novelist, journalist, freedom fighter, U.S. Coast Guard vet, and father of two. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Youngstown State University in Ohio. In order to fully immerse himself in the subject matter of White Hell,
Tyler spent a winter in a log cabin along the shores of Donner Lake, California, where deathly starving members of the
Donner Party feasted on human flesh some 175 years ago. Tyler currently lives in a fortified compound near ‘The Strip’ in Las Vegas, Nevada.
