quotCherie Priest is our new queen of darkness folks Time to kneel before her lest she take our headsquot Chuck Wendig author of The Book of Accidents A violent storm washes a mysterious house onto a rural Pacific Northwest beach stopping the heart of the only woman who knows what it means Her grandson Simon Culpepper vanishes in the aftermath leaving two of his childhood friends to comb the small isolated island for answersbut decades have passed since Melissa and Leo were close if they were ever close at all Now theyll have to put aside old rivalries and grudges if they want to find or save the man who brought them together in the first placeand on the way theyll learn a great deal about the sinister house on the beach the man who built it and the evil hes bringing back to Marrowstone Island From awardwinning author Cherie Priest comes a deeply haunting and atmospheric horrorthriller that explores the lengths well go to protect those we love
