by Joe Hill
First published 2013
Victoria McQueen discovers she can ride her bicycle across an old covered bridge and emerge wherever she needs to be. This strange ability helps her find lost objects and answers impossible questions. Charles Talent Manx drives a 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with license plate NOS4A2. He kidnaps children and takes them to Christmasland, his twisted amusement park that exists on hidden roads accessible only through his car. The journey transforms his young passengers into something inhuman and dangerous. When Vic goes looking for trouble as a child, she finds Charlie and becomes the only kid to escape his evil. Years later, Vic has grown up and wants to forget her past. But Charlie hasn't forgotten her. He returns seeking revenge and targets something precious that Vic can never replace. Now Vic must use her supernatural ability to fight Charlie's power in a battle that will determine whether she destroys him forever or dies in the attempt.
Genres: fantasy, horror, supernatural, dark-fantasy
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Christmasland
Period: 1938
623 pages · Kindle Edition · William Morrow
Content warnings: child-abuse, kidnapping, violence