THE LONG-AWAITED RETURN OF THE AUTHOR OF BLACKWATER
A historical thriller full of plot twists and hammer blows. A hellish chase across the northern U.S. between two women: only one can survive. Between Stephen King and Jane Austen, but with the unmistakable addictive pen of Michael McDowell.
“Michael McDowell: my friend, my master. Fascinating, terrifying, simply brilliant. The best of us all.” STEPHEN KING
How far would you go to avenge your family?
In 1871, when the fearless and ruined Philomela Drax receives a letter from her grandfather confessing he fears for his life because of a ruthless family, the Slapes, she doesn’t hesitate to come to his aid.
But time is running out because Katie, the clan leader, a ruthless young woman with the gift of clairvoyance and a remarkable criminal skill with a hammer, is about to achieve her goal.
Thus begins a frantic chase, from the dusty streets of a New Jersey town to the gleaming sidewalks of Saratoga, passing through the docks of New York. Philo knows it’s a duel to the death. But she’s been running for too long: the time for revenge has come.
