Synopses & Reviews
Boston District Attorney Will Sullivan dreams of becoming the next great governor of Massachusetts. He has a beautiful wife, Joanna, an adorable daughter, Sydney, and a name that the citizens of Massachusetts respect. But Will's plans are shattered the night Joanna discovers a malignant tumor growing in Sydney's stomach. At that devastating moment, both parents resolve to do anything to save their daughter's life.
But in the twilight world of Briarwood Medical Center, nothing is as it seems. Patients on the brink of death are not only surviving, but thriving, while others are withering away. The more time Will spends in the labyrinthine hospital, the more he fears he's losing his grip on reality. When a mysterious, charismatic counselor appears and starts talking to Joanna, she grows more and more distant, until she hardly resembles the woman that Will married. Yet suddenly, miraculously, Sydney is improving.
As winter closes in around the hospital and his dark suspicions build, Will must gather the strength to confront the evil at hand before he loses his family, his political aspirations, his sanity, and possibly his life.
Review
“A stunning, riveting journey into terror and suspense." -Michael Palmer
"Its been a long, long time since a book scared, exhilarated, uplifted, frenzied and made me green with jealousy. This is the book of 2008. It is beyond stunning. It is harrowing in the true sense of real art.” --Ken Bruen
"The Harrowing was immensely creepy and satisfying, a first novel and a wonderful book. Alex Sokoloff's The Price is another notch in this author's golden belt--a psychological roller coaster that keeps the reader on edge with bone-chilling thrills throughout. I couldn't put it down. Miss Sokoloff is an author not to be missed." --Heather Graham, bestselling author of The Séance
Review
“A psychological roller coaster…bone-chilling thrills.”
—Heather Graham, bestselling author of The Séance
“A stunning, riveting journey into terror and suspense.”—Michael Palmer
“A heartbreakingly eerie page turner…”—Library Journal
“Pyrotechnic [and] cinematic.”
—Publishers Weekly on The Harrowing
About the Author
ALEXANDRA SOKOLOFFs debut, The Harrowing, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel and the Anthony Award for Best First Novel. She also works as a screenwriter, and splits her time between Los Angeles, California, and Raleigh, North Carolina. She welcomes questions and comments at her website: http://alexandrasokoloff.com