The Pledge
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Publisher Description
Scream meets Clown in a Cornfield in this young adult horror novel by bestselling author Cale Dietrich featuring a masked killer who targets frat boys.
Freshman Sam believes that joining a fraternity is the best way to form a friend group as he begins his college journey – and his best chance of moving on from his past. He is the survivor of a horrific, and world-famous, murder spree, where a masked killer hunted down Sam and his friends.
Sam had to do the unthinkable to survive that night, and it completely derailed his life. He sees college, and his new identity as a frat boy, as his best shot at living a life not defined by the killings. He starts to flirt with one of the brothers, who Sam finds is surprisingly accepting of Sam’s past, and begins to think a fresh start truly is possible.
And then... one of his new frat brothers is found dead. A new masked murderer, one clearly inspired by the original, emerges, and starts stalking, and slaying, the frat boys of Munroe University. Now Sam will have to race against the clock to figure out who the new killer is - and why they are killing - before Sam loses his second chance – or the lives of any more of his friends.
Elements of horror, mystery, and a gay romance make this a story readers won't want to miss.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
College freshman Sam Carville's life is upended when a masked murderer targets him and his fraternity brothers in this gripping horror novel by Dietrich (The Friend Scheme). Sixteen-year-old Sam is on vacation at a lake house with his boyfriend, Eli, and their friends when they're attacked by a man wielding a knife. Sam manages to kill the assailant, but not before his friends are murdered and Eli is gravely injured. Two years later, Sam, now single, is eager to begin his first year of college, hoping that a fresh start will help him move on from his traumatic past and the guilt and fear he experiences daily. When he arrives at Munroe University, he immediately crushes on his RA, Oren Fisher, who invites him to a rush event for his fraternity. Sam is certain that his life has finally taken a turn for the better until a masked killer begins slaughtering Sam's frat brothers, forcing him and Oren to investigate. Visceral descriptions of the perpetrator's grisly killings and adrenaline-pumping mysteries—elevated by Sam and Oren's earnest developing romance in the face of imminent danger—make for a bloody thrill ride that will appeal to fans of slasher movies. Protagonists cue as white. Ages 13–up.
