Part of Terrible Worlds: Transformations
First published 2026
Elena Mendes knows her boyfriend Ross Enderbough comes from serious money. British aristocracy money that stretches back centuries. What she doesn't expect is the summons to Enderby, the crumbling family estate built inside a former monastery. Ross needs to attend a secretive gathering that occurs only once each generation. Partners aren't welcome, but Ross begs Elena to come for support. He barely speaks to his eccentric relatives and fled England to escape their grip. Elena agrees to make the trip. The mansion sits surrounded by wild, overgrown woods. Inside its walls, she finds more than just family dysfunction and faded grandeur. Something moves in the shadows of the estate. The Enderbough legacy runs deeper and darker than mere inherited wealth. Elena begins to understand that old money can mean something far more literal and terrifying than she ever imagined.
Genres: fiction, mystery, horror, adult, adult-fiction, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, eerie, gothic, suspenseful, unsettling
Tropes: dark-family-legacy, fish-out-of-water, forced-proximity, mysterious-gathering
Setting: Enderby, England, British aristocracy estate, former monastery
Period: contemporary
167 pages · Hardcover · Solaris
Content warnings: death