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Equal parts haunting and horrifying, this literary horror novel gives readers insight into the mind of a controlling homicidal man and the son who must stop him. "Marvin Burke is one of the great monsters of literature, a figure of immense, credible terror and savagery."--Cory Doctorow, author of Little Children and coeditor of Boing BoingImagine your father is a monster. Would that mean there are monsters inside you, too?Nineteen-year-old Ry Burke, his mother, and little sister eke out a living on their dying family farm. Ry wishes for anything to distract him from the grim memories of his father's physical and emotional abuse. Then a meteorite falls from the sky, bringing with it not only a fragment from another world but also the arrival of a ruthless man intent on destroying the entire family.
About the Author
Daniel Kraus has landed on Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Books of 2015 (THE DEATH AND LIFE OF ZEBULON FINCH) , won two Odyssey Awards (for both ROTTERS and SCOWLER) , and has been a Library Guild selection, YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, Bram Stoker finalist, and more. He has coauthored two novels with Guillermo del Toro: TROLLHUNTERS, which was adapted in the Emmy-winning Netflix series, and THE SHAPE OF WATER, the movie version of which hits theaters in December. Kraus's work has been translated into over 15 languages. Visit him at danielkraus.com.
