Old Country
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4.3 • 27 Ratings
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- $22.99
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- $22.99
Publisher Description
In this terrifyingly twisted thriller, a young couple discovers the horror held within their newly purchased dream house.
It’s the house of their dreams. Former marine Harry and his wife, Sasha, have packed up their life and their golden retriever, Dash, and fled the corporate rat race to live off the land in rural Idaho. Their breathtaking new home sits on more than forty acres of meadow, aspen trees, and pine forest in the Teton Valley. Even if their friends and family think it’s a strange choice for an up-and-coming pair of urban professionals, Harry and Sasha couldn’t be happier about the future they’re building, all by their lonesome.
That is, until their nearest neighbors, Dan and Lucy Steiner, come bearing more than housewarming gifts. Dan and Lucy warn Harry and Sasha of a malevolent spirit that lives in the valley, one that with every season will haunt them in fresh, ever-more-diabolical ways. At first, it seems like an old wives’ tale. But when spring arrives, so does the first evil manifestation, challenging everything Harry and Sasha thought they knew about the world.
As each season passes, the spirit grows stronger, the land more sinister, and each encounter more dangerous. Will Harry and Sasha learn the true meaning of a forever home before it’s too late? Haunting and bone-chilling, Old Country is a spellbinding debut in the horror genre.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A young couple’s bucolic dream turns into a supernatural nightmare in this chilling horror novel. Hoping to escape big-city life and be more connected to the land, Harry and Sasha Blakemore move to a secluded Idaho ranch. They’re understandably skeptical when their new neighbours show up to convince them that they must perform special rituals to ward off the deadly, malicious spirit that possesses their property, but they’re quickly forced to put their misgivings aside. Co-authors Matt and Harrison Query craft an uncommonly frightening story rooted in some of our deepest fears about our place in the natural world. We listened with a building sense of dread as Harry and Sasha struggled with each bizarre new form their supernatural nemesis took. (We still shiver thinking about the scarecrow they burn.) Narrators Kiff VandenHeuvel and Juliette Goglia handle the shifting perspectives brilliantly, making every ounce of the characters’ terror fresh.
Customer Reviews
Could not stop listening to this! Hoping for a sequel.
A unique take on a haunted house story! Very enjoyable audiobook!