The Calling

From USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood, a supernatural thriller “that will become a classic” (Tim Lebbon).


When eighteen-year-old Christopher Myers’ parents are murdered, something is written on his bedroom door, a mark in his parents’ blood that convinces the police the killer has targeted Christopher as the next victim.


To keep him safe, he travels away with his estranged grandmother and uncle to the small town of Bridgton, New York. And it’s in Bridgton that he meets an extraordinary young man who has come with his father to stop an unrelenting evil.


Soon Christopher learns of the town’s deep dark secret, and how his parents’ murder was no accident, and how he has been brought to Bridgton by forces beyond his power—forces that just may threaten the destruction of all mankind.


The Calling is a supernatural thriller in the vein of Stephen King, Peter Straub, and Dean Koontz.


Praise for The Calling:


“The Calling is a powerful, gripping and terrifying novel, the sort that possesses your whole life while you’re reading it; it’ll stalk you through the day, and inform your dreams. Swartwood has delivered a novel that will become a classic.” —Tim Lebbon, New York Times bestselling author of The Silence 


“Robert Swartwood’s The Calling is a diabolical rocket sled of a psychological thriller. Told through the vivid, almost druggy point of view of a young man on the edge, tangled in a web of tragedy and surreal horror, Swartwood’s novel gets under the skin and stays there. Highly recommended.” —Jay Bonansinga, New York Times bestselling author of The Walking Dead: Rise of The Governor 


“Small town horror at its best.” —Hellnotes 



“Robert Swartwood might very well be the best kept secret in the thriller genre.” —Brian Keene, bestselling author of Darkness on the Edge of Town 


“An exceptional novelist.” —Douglas Clegg, New York Times bestselling author of Neverland