Synopses & Reviews
Michael and Jillian Dansky seemed to have it all-a happy marriage, two successful careers, a bright future. But late one October evening, all that changed. Driving home from a Halloween masquerade, Michael momentarily nods off behind the wheel-and wakes to find nothing is the same.
Standing by his car is the little girl he came within a breath of running down. She leads Michael to her “home,” an empty house haunted by whispers, and sends him away with a haunting whisper of her own: “come find me.” But in the weeks to follow, its clear that someone-or some thing-doesnt want Michael to find her: ominous figures in grey coats with misshapen faces are following him everywhere. And then Jillian wakes one morning replaced by a cold, cruel, vindictive woman Michael hardly recognizes as his wife. Michael must now search not only for the lost girl, but for a way to find the Jillian he's always loved, and to do so he must return to where the nightmare began. Down an isolated lane where hell find them, or die trying.
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"Wildwood Road is a brilliant novel of supernatural suspense that reminded me of the early classics by Ira Levin think Rosemary's Baby and you won't be disappointed. There's no baby, but oh baby, there is one creepy little lost girl that kept me turning the pages long after I should have gone to bed. This one's a keeper." Stephen King
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"Haunted house tale, restrained and adult.... May be Golden's best and a step up from 2004's The Boys Are Back in Town." Kirkus Reviews
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"Golden...delivers another spooky thriller." Booklist
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"Golden is one of the most hard-working, smartest, and talented writers of his generation....Everything he writes glows with imagination." Peter Straub, author of Ghost Story and In the Night Room
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"Some of my editor friends tell me that horror fiction is finally starting to make a comeback after the catastrophic boom and bust in the 1980s. If that's true, writers like Christopher Golden are a big part of the reason. I love a good scary story, but scares alone are not enough to carry a book; a good horror novel needs to be a good novel first, with a strong plot, interesting characters, and vivid and evocative writing. Golden delivers all of that in spades in Wildwood Road, the best ghost story I have read since...well, since the last time Stephen King wrote one. Wonderfully atmospheric and creepy. Check it out, while I go off in search of more of Golden's books." George R. R. Martin, New York Times bestselling author of A Game of Thrones
Synopsis
Following his critically acclaimed
The Boys Are Back in Town, Christopher Golden returns with a new novel of paranormal suspense about love, loss, and the forces that shape us.
Michael and Jillian Dansky have been happily married for three years. But one October evening, they unknowingly encounter a mysterious power that will rock their marriage, and their lives. Driving home from a party, Michael sees a lost little girl by the side of the road. Wanting to help, he follows her directions to a house haunted by the whispers of young girls a house Michael has never seen before and cannot find again. Tormented by images of this girl calling for him to come help her, Michael begins to see odd figures watching him from the roadside or the woods. And after one terrifying visit from these beings, Jillian awakens a changed woman. Her personality completely altered forever, she is now cruel and vindictive. In danger of losing the wife he has known, Michael must unravel the mystery surrounding him and reckon with a force he never dreamed of.
Synopsis
One wrong turn can change your life forever...
From a Bram Stoker Award-winning author of dark suspense comes a harrowing trip into pure terror.
Michael and Jillian Dansky seemed to have it all a happy marriage, two successful careers, a bright future. But late one Halloween evening, driving home from a masquerade, Michael momentarily nods off behind the wheel and wakes to find everything changed.
Standing by his car is the little girl he came within a breath of running down. She leads Michael to her "home," an empty house haunted by whispers, and sends him away with a whisper of her own: "Come find me." But in the weeks that follow, it's clear that someone or something doesn't want Michael to find her. And when one morning, a cruel, vindictive woman awakens in the guise of his wife, Michael must now search not only for the lost girl but for a way to find the Jillian he's always loved or die trying.
About the Author
Christopher Golden is the award-winning, L.A. Times bestselling author of such novels as The Ferryman, Strangewood, The Gathering Dark, Of Saints and Shadows, Prowlers, and The Body of Evidence series of teen thrillers. Working with actress/writer/director Amber Benson, he co-created and co-wrote Ghosts of Albion, an animated supernatural drama for BBC online.Golden has also written or co-written a great many books and comic books related to the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, as well as the scripts for two Buffy video games, which he co-wrote with frequent collaborator Tom Sniegoski. His recent comic book work includes the creator-owned Nevermore and DC Comics' Doctor Fate: The Curse. As a pop culture journalist, he was the editor of the Bram Stoker Award-winning book of criticism, Cut!: Horror Writers on Horror Film, and co-author of both Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide and The Stephen King Universe. Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts University. There are more than eight million copies of his books in print. At present he is at work on his next novel for Bantam Books.