The Book of Accidents The Book of Accidents

The Book of Accidents

A Novel

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Publisher Description

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A family returns to their hometown—and to the dark past that haunts them still—in this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers

LOCUS AWARD FINALIST • “The dread, the scope, the pacing, the turns—I haven’t felt all this so intensely since The Shining.”—Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Public Library, Library Journal

Long ago, Nathan lived in a house in the country with his abusive father—and has never told his family what happened there.

Long ago, Maddie was a little girl making dolls in her bedroom when she saw something she shouldn’t have—and is trying to remember that lost trauma by making haunting sculptures.

Long ago, something sinister, something hungry, walked in the tunnels and the mountains and the coal mines of their hometown in rural Pennsylvania.

Now, Nate and Maddie Graves are married, and they have moved back to their hometown with their son, Oliver.
 
And now what happened long ago is happening again . . . and it is happening to Oliver. He meets a strange boy who becomes his best friend, a boy with secrets of his own and a taste for dark magic.

This dark magic puts them at the heart of a battle of good versus evil and a fight for the soul of the family—and perhaps for all of the world. But the Graves family has a secret weapon in this battle: their love for one another.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2021
July 20
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
544
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Worlds
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
4.9
MB

Customer Reviews

KllSlasher ,

Phenomenal!!!

I can’t begin to say enough great things about this book! Nothing is what it seems. But the author manages to make everything fall into place. Superb character development. Incredibly original story. I will definitely be reading this one again! Don’t hesitate and get this book. It’s 100% worth it!

Hlrw ,

Awesome!

This book was amazing! It’s one of those books that has you so wrapped up, you stay up way too late reading. It’s the modern version of The Dark Tower and I wish there was more!

MPR4302 ,

A Wild Ride

Wendig hooked me with this one! Loved the tight focus on a relatively small cast of characters juxtaposed with the truly cosmic importance of their choices. Great storytelling.

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