John Saul is a master of the psychological thriller, renowned for his chilling narratives. His works delve into the darker aspects of the human psyche, exploring the tension between ordinary life and hidden horrors. Saul's style is characterized by its suspenseful pacing, unsettling imagery, and unexpected twists that keep readers on the edge of their seats. His novels consistently reach bestseller lists, cementing his reputation as a leading voice in suspense fiction.
Set around the old asylum in Blackstone town, which is being demolished, strange artifacts are appearing and being delivered to residents with disastrous results.The sins of the town are coming back to haunt the citizens.
With new material covering the current fragile state of the EU, and the right- wing fervour of the United States, John Ralston Saul's polemic book has never been more important, or timely.
Something is happening to the children of Eastbury, Massachusetts. Something that causes healthy babies to turn cold in their cribs. Something that strikes at the heart of every parent's darkest fears. Something is taking the children one by one. Now, an entire town waits on the edge of panic for the next nightmare. there must be a reason for the terror. they all know it. But no one ever suspected...
“[John] Saul has the instincts of a natural storyteller.”—People Villejeune, Florida. A secluded little town at the edge of a vast, eerie swamp. Far from prying eyes. Far from the laws of civilization. Here folks live by their own rules—dark rites of altars and infants, candles and blood. Years ago the Andersons left town with a dream. Now they are back. To live out a nightmare. Something has been waiting for them. Something unspeakably evil. It feeds on the young and the innocent. And soon it will draw their teenage daughter into its unholy embrace. . . .
In a seemingly peaceful small town, dark secrets and a sinister history emerge, awakening unholy forces. Thirteen-year-old Angel Sullivan, a misfit plagued by bullying and a troubled home life, moves with her family to Roundtree, Massachusetts, seeking a fresh start. However, she quickly finds herself ostracized by her new classmates, deepening her despair. Her fortunes change when she meets Seth Baker, another outcast, and they form a bond over their shared experiences. Seth reveals the chilling truth about the legacy of murder tied to Angel’s new home and the rumors of a lingering supernatural presence. Driven by a desire to escape their torment, they attempt to contact the restless spirit haunting Black Creek Crossing. As they delve deeper into the town's dark past, they uncover shocking horrors hidden beneath its tranquil surface. Guided by a vengeful spirit, they discover a terrifying power that transforms their pain into deadly retribution. As Angel and Seth confront their tormentors, they find themselves drawn further into the chaos of the dark forces they've unleashed, leading to an inevitable and unspeakable reckoning.
Beware the second child. This lush, secluded Maine seaside resort is the summer playground of the superrich, but one hundred years ago, something disturbed their play. Horror came to this village. And though no one knows it yet, the horror has never left. It waits for a shy young girl, outcast by her friends, her beautiful sister, even her own mother. She knows how it feels to be unwanted. She knows anger. And soon she will know the touch of unholy terror—and the rage of blood-drenched vengeance.
Alternate cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.One hundred years ago in Port Arbello a pretty little girl began to scream. And struggle. And die. No one heard. No one saw. Just one man whose guilty heart burst in pain as he dashed himself to death in the sea. Now something peculiar is happening in Port Arbello. The children are disappearing, one by one. An evil history is repeating itself. And one strange, terrified child has ended her silence with a scream that began a hundred years ago.
Cassie Winslow is sixteen. She has just lost her mother in a terrible accident. Now, lonely and frightened, she has come to live with the father she barely knows and his new family in tiny False Harbor on Cape Cod. For Cassie, the strange, unsettling dreams that come to her suddenly in the dead of night are merely the beginning. Very soon, Cassie Winslow will come to know the terrifying powers that are her gift. And in the village of False Harbor, nothing will ever be the same.
"All the right scares in all the right places." The Seattle Times A telephone rings in the dead of night with shocking news for single mother MaryAnne Carpenter: her friends the Wilkensons are suddenly, inexplicably dead, their only child, Joey, a sad and silent adolescent and MaryAnne's godchild, abruptly orphaned. But as MaryAnne rushes with her family to the Wilkenson's ranch to embrace her young charge, disturbing questions mount. Was it an accident that killed her friends? Or murder? Now, as winter transforms the ranch into a place of blinding, dangerous storms, a series of horrific murders, killings that suggest a raging animal and defy solution by the local police, draw ever closer to MaryAnne and her young family.
