


Some swear he is a terrifying spirit returned to avenge the past. Some say he is simply a folk tale – a legend created to frighten children on cold winter nights. A peaceful, neighborly village, darkened by legends of death? Who is Nathaniel? For a hundred years, the people of Prairie Bend have whispered the name in wonder and fear. Now, at last, Oliver must confront the gruesome truth of the past one that threatens to crush all the inhabitants of Blackstone in one final grip of terror…įrom the blood of the past, evil rises to seek undying vengeance…

The contents hold the ultimate, grisly key to the horrors of the Asylum. As Blackstone rallies to find the missing woman, a mysterious package arrives on Harvey Connally’s front porch. More urgent is the mysterious disappearance of Rebecca Morrison. The community is outraged, charging him with inflaming hysteria. THE BLACKSTONE CHRONICLES PART 6 Editor Oliver Metcalf has written a provocative article on the Asylum that implies there may be a curse on the town. Each carries a shameful, secret history returning with a vengeance… Each marks the recipient with inescapable doom. Seemingly harmless gifts have been appearing for months at the homes of Blackstone’s residents. From the old Asylum, an insidious evil has descended upon unsuspecting souls who fall within its looming shadow. John Saul, master of psychological and supernatural suspense, has created a terrifying serial thriller set in the New England town of Blackstone. But the scenes inside the stereoscope also bring to vivid life some terrifying memories, eerie images that seem all too real… Oddly, one of the photos resembles their house, where Eds grandmother lived long ago. Then his young daughter, Amy, makes a curious discovery: Inside one of the drawers she finds a set of old pictures and a stereoscope, an old fashioned device that allows you to see images in three dimensions. THE BLACKSTONE CHRONICLES, PART 5When attorney Ed Becker spots the carved antique dresser in a dusty attic, he takes it to restore. Each reveals another thread in the tightly woven web of…

Each object bears an unspeakable history. Strange gifts are appearing in the most unlikely places: on doorsteps, in cars, glittering on a flea market table. John Saul, author of nineteen bestselling novels of chilling suspense, now gives us a serial thriller set in the small New England town of Blackstone, where the inhabitants are caught in the grip of unrelenting evil.
