A âgripping and terrifying storyâŠand one not to be missedâ (Robert McCammon) from the acclaimed author of The Troop and The Deep!
A trio of mismatched mercenariesâMicah Shughrue, Minerva Atwater, and Ebenzer Elkins, colloquially known as âthe Englishmanââis hired by young Ellen Bellhaven for a deceptively simple task: check in on her nephew, who may have been taken against his will to a remote New Mexico backwoods settlement called Little Heaven, where a clandestine religious cult holds sway. But shortly after they arrive, things begin to turn ominous. There are stirrings in the woods and over the treetopsâand above all else, the brooding shape of a monolith known as the Black Rock casts its terrible pall. Paranoia and distrust soon grip the settlement. Escape routes are gradually cut off as events spiral toward madness. Hellâor the closest thing to itâinvades Little Heaven. All present here are now forced to take a stand and fight back, but whatever has cast its dark eye on Little Heaven is marshaling its powerâand it wants them allâŠ
âA slow boil of unrelenting terror and inescapable consequences. Nick Cutter ups his game every time. Beautifully writtenâmenace drips from every page.â âSeanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author
âA sprawling epic that can stand alongside the best of â80s King, Barker, and McCammon. Fun, nasty, smart, and scary, and in all the right places.â âPaul Tremblay, acclaimed author of A Head Full of Ghosts and Disappearance at Devilâs Rock