First published 1999
Michael Anthony writes horror novels, but he never expected to live one. The author packs up his family and leaves New York behind, heading back to the small Missouri town where his eccentric grandmother raised him. They settle into her old house, ready for a fresh start in familiar surroundings. But the house holds more than memories. Something lives in the walls. It moves under the floors. It waits in the darkest corners where light never reaches. This presence wants to break through into their world, and it grows stronger each day. What lurks in the shadows cannot be seen, but it can be felt. Michael's family finds themselves trapped in a nightmare that makes his fictional horrors pale in comparison. The thing in the darkness will not rest until it emerges fully into their reality. When that happens, survival becomes the only goal that matters.
Genres: suspense, horror, supernatural, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: family-in-peril, supernatural-horror
Setting: Missouri, New York
Period: contemporary
342 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Signet
Content warnings: violence