Christopher Buehlman is a writer to watch. A graceful, horrific read.'-*Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author 'Wonderfully eerie from start to finish-a novel sure to enthrall readers of all stripes.'-Grant Blackwood, New York Times bestselling author 'An unsettling brew of growing menace spiked with flashes of genuine terror-do not miss this chilling debut. One of Publishers Weekly's Top-Ten SF, Fantasy & Horror NovelsĪ World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel 'One of the best first novels I've ever read.'-Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author 'What a treat. Where it has been waiting for Frank Nichols. Where a long-smoldering debt of blood has never been forgotten.

It comes from the shadowy woods across the river, where the ruins of the Savoyard Plantation still stand. But under the facade of summer socials and small-town charm, there is an unspoken dread that the townsfolk have lived with for generations. At first their new life seems to be everything they wanted. Scott Fitzgerald as Dean Koontz.'* Haunted by memories of the Great War, failed academic Frank Nichols and his wife have arrived in the sleepy Georgia town of Whitbrow, where Frank hopes to write a history of his family's old estate-the Savoyard Plantation-and the horrors that occurred there. Soon, there is an unspoken dread that the townsfolk have lived with for generations and a presence that demands sacrifice.īook Synopsis A man must confront a terrifying evil in this captivating horror novel that's 'as much F. About the Book Frank Nichols and his wife have arrived in the sleepy Georgia town of Whitbrow, where Frank hopes to write a history of his family's old estate and the horrors that occurred there.

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