New Releases by John Saul

For a hundred years, the people of Prairie Bend have whispered Nathaniel''s name in wonder and fear. Some say he is a folktale, created to frighten children on cold winter nights. Some swear he is a terrifying spirit retumed to avenge the past. But soon . . . very soon . . . some will learn that Nathaniel lives still--that he is darkly, horrifyingly real. Nathaniel--he is the voice that calls to young Michael Hall across the prairie night . . . the voice that draws the boy into the shadowy depths of the old, crumbling, forbidden barn . . . that chanting, compelling voice he will follow faithfully beyond the edge of terror.

A simple locket drives one man to the brink of madness. A cigarette lighter kindles the flames of religious vengeance. Is the town of Blackstone cursed? Only one person knows-- the mysterious inmate of their forbidden Asylum. Can Oliver Metcalf discover the truth? Or does he have a darker destiny?