From the New York Times bestselling author of Between Two Firesâa man must confront a terrifying evil in this captivating horror novel thatâs âas much F. Scott Fitzgerald as Dean Koontz.â*
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 familyâs old estateâthe Savoyard Plantationâand the horrors that occurred there. At first their new life seems to be everything they wanted. But under the facade of summer socials and small-town charm, 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 the Savoyard Plantation still stand. Where a long-smoldering debt of blood has never been forgotten.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Between Two Firesâa man must confront a terrifying evil in this captivating horror novel thatâs âas much F. Scott Fitzgerald as Dean Koontz.â*
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 familyâs old estateâthe Savoyard Plantationâand the horrors that occurred there. At first their new life seems to be everything they wanted. But under the facade of summer socials and small-town charm, 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 the Savoyard Plantation still stand. Where a long-smoldering debt of blood has never been forgotten.