by Dacre Stoker
First published 2021
Within the walls of Dr. Seward's asylum, darkness spreads through every corridor. A serial killer lies strapped to his bed while doctors probe the twisted pathways of his mind. Renfield shuffles through the halls, muttering his cryptic devotions to his master. A nurse glides between the cells, her gentle smile masking something far more sinister. The patients gibber and whisper in the shadows, their fractured minds sensing the evil that permeates their sanctuary. Dr. Seward believes he controls his domain of the mad, but forces beyond his understanding have already claimed his asylum. As the boundary between sanity and madness dissolves, the inmates discover that their greatest fear may not be the monsters in their heads, but the very real predators walking among them. In this place where reason dies, survival depends on embracing the darkness within.
Genres: mystery, horror, psychological-thriller, gothic-horror
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Dr. Seward's Asylum
Period: 19th-century
166 pages · Hardcover · Stoker McAuley Productions
Content warnings: mental-illness, violence