2013 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel (nominee)
"I know where your mother and sister are."
When Danny was fourteen, his mother and sister disappeared during a violent storm. The police were baffled. There were no clues, and most people figured they were dead. Only Danny still holds out hope that they'll return.
Months later, a disheveled Vietnam vet named Walter Pike shows up at Danny's front door, claiming to know their whereabouts. The story he tells is so incredible that Danny knows he shouldn't believe him. Others warn him about Walter Pike's dark past, his shameful flight from town years ago, and the suspicious timing of his return. But he's Danny's last hope, and Danny needs to believe...
For fans of Stephen King and Robert McCammon this southern gothic coming of age story explores the dark hollows of adolescence, hope and doubt, and how the world is always a little more mysterious than we can imagine. This edition also includes the prequel novella, "Broken Branch" and an introduction by Bracken MacLeod.
Genre: Horror
When Danny was fourteen, his mother and sister disappeared during a violent storm. The police were baffled. There were no clues, and most people figured they were dead. Only Danny still holds out hope that they'll return.
Months later, a disheveled Vietnam vet named Walter Pike shows up at Danny's front door, claiming to know their whereabouts. The story he tells is so incredible that Danny knows he shouldn't believe him. Others warn him about Walter Pike's dark past, his shameful flight from town years ago, and the suspicious timing of his return. But he's Danny's last hope, and Danny needs to believe...
For fans of Stephen King and Robert McCammon this southern gothic coming of age story explores the dark hollows of adolescence, hope and doubt, and how the world is always a little more mysterious than we can imagine. This edition also includes the prequel novella, "Broken Branch" and an introduction by Bracken MacLeod.
Genre: Horror
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