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. Hell?or the closest thing to it?invades 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 power?and it wants them all... ?A slow boil of unrelenting terror and inescapable consequences. Nick Cutter ups his game every time. Beautifully written?menace drips from every page.? ?Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author ?A sprawling epic that can stand alongside the best of '80s King, Barker, and McCammon. Fun, nasty, smart, and scary, and in all the right places.? ?Paul Tremblay, acclaimed author of A Head Full of Ghosts and Disappearance at Devil's Rock