Reviews"One of the best first novels I've ever read." -Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author "An unsettling brew of growing menace spiked with flashes of genuine terror-do not miss this chilling debut. Christopher Buehlman is a writer to watch. I look forward to hearing from him again. And soon." -F. Paul Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Sibs "Lures you into a different era, seduces you with eloquent prose and sensual period details, then clamps down on your jugular…An outstanding debut."-Hank Schwaeble, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Diabolical "Beautifully written…with a cast of Southern characters so real you can almost see the sweat roll down the page. The ending is exceedingly clever."- Boston Herald
Dewey Edition22
SynopsisFailed academic Frank Nichols and his wife, Eudora, 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. At first, the quaint, rural ways of their new neighbors seem to be everything they wanted. But there is an unspoken dread that the townsfolk have lived with for generations. A presence that demands sacrifice. It comes from the shadowy woods across the river, where the ruins of Savoyard still stand. Where a longstanding debt of blood has never been forgotten. A debt that has been waiting patiently for Frank Nichols's homecoming...
LC Classification NumberPS3603.U3395T48 2011