"Beautifully written-menace drips from every page." -Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author
A "gripping and terrifying story…and one not to be missed" (Robert McCammon) from the acclaimed author of The Troop and The Deep!
A trio of mismatched mercenaries-Micah Shughrue, Minerva Atwater, and Ebenzer Elkins, colloquially known as "the Englishman"-is 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 treetops-and 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. 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… Nick Cutter is the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Dorians and the nationally bestselling modern horror classic The Troop (which is currently being developed for film), as well as the critically acclaimed novels The Deep, Little Heaven, The Queen, and The Handyman Method, cowritten with Andrew F. Sullivan. Nick Cutter is the pseudonym for Craig Davidson, whose much-lauded literary fiction includes Rust and Bone, The Saturday Night Ghost Club, and, most recently, the short story collection Cascade. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
