Synopses & Reviews
After years of living in Los Angeles, pretty young widow Karen Spellman and her two daughters are returning to the lush, verdant countryside of Karen's childhood, where she plans to marry her high-school sweetheart. But something sinister awaits the Spellmans. Something so hideous it seems not earthly, but spawned in Hell. Now Karen must protect her daughters from a malign, preternatural force that must satisfy its gruesome thirst for unsuspecting prey . . . .
From the Paperback edition.
About the Author
JOHN SAUL’s first novel,
Suffer the Children, published in 1977, was an immediate million-copy bestseller. He has since written twenty-three successive bestselling novels of suspense, including
The Manhattan Hunt Club,
Nightshade,
The Right Hand of Evil,
The Presence,
Black Lightning, and
Guardian. He is also the author of the
New York Times bestselling serial thriller
The Blackstone Chronicles, initially published in six installments but now available in one complete volume. His most recent novel is
Midnight Voices. Mr. Saul divides his time between Seattle, Washington, and Maui, Hawaii.
From the Paperback edition.