In the house in the dark of the woods
Hunt, Laird
Genre:
"The eerie
disturbing story of one of our perennial fascinations
witchcraft in colonial America
wrapped up in a lyrical novel of psychological suspense. 'Once upon a time there was and there wasn't a woman who went to the woods.' In this horror story set in colonial New England
a law abiding Puritan woman goes missing. Or perhaps she has fled or abandoned her family. Or perhaps she's been kidnapped
and set loose to wander in the dense woods of the north. Alone and possibly lost
she meets another woman in the forest. Then everything changes. On a journey that will take her through dark woods full of almost-human wolves
through a deep well wet with the screams of men
and on a living ship made of human bones
our heroine may find that the evil she flees has been inside her all along. In the House in the Dark of the Woods is a novel of psychological horror and suspense told in Laird Hunts characteristically lyrical prose style. It is the story of a bewitching
a betrayal
a master huntress and her quarry. It is a story of anger
of evil
of hatred and of redemption. It is the story of a haunting
a story that makes up the bedrock of American mythology
but told in a vivid way you will never forget. "--
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