Clay wants to forget the past, but the sons and daughters of the Preservation Society-a group of prominent farmers his dad accused of devil worship-won’t leave him alone. Now, on the first anniversary of the Midland, Oklahoma slaughter, the whole town’s looking at Clay like he might be next to go over the edge.

Those were the last words seventeen-year-old golden boy quarterback Clay Tate heard rattling from his dad’s throat when he discovered him dying on the barn floor of the Neely Cattle Ranch, clutching a crucifix to his chest. The sequel HEART OF ASH will be released on February 20th, 2018 Charming traditions soon give way to a string of gruesome deaths, and Ash feels drawn to Dane, a forbidden boy with secrets of his own.Īs the community prepares for a ceremony five hundred years in the making, Ash must fight not only to save her mother, but herself-and discover the truth about Quivira before it’s too late. But when Ash follows her to Quivira, Kansas, something sinister and ancient waits among the rustling cornstalks of this village lost to time.Īsh is plagued by memories of her ancestor, Katia, which harken back to the town’s history of unrequited love and murder, alchemy and immortality. These are the last words Ash Larkin hears before her mother returns to the spiritual commune she escaped long ago. “When you fall in love, you will carve out your heart and throw it into the deepest ocean.

Romeo and Juliet meets Children of the Corn in this one-of-a-kind romantic horror. September 22nd, 2015 | Putnam/Penguin Random HouseĪvailable for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes & Noble

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