LaValle has written a story full of things to terrify not children but the parents who lose sleep worrying about how best to protect them.” - Time “The combination of Grimm-ish allusion and social commentary might seem pat in the hands of less capable authors, but LaValle executes the trick with style. “A modern-day tale of terror rooted in ancient myth and folklore, brimming with magical revelation and emotional truth.” - San Francisco Chronicle The story is a long, slow burn with a lingering sizzle.” - Los Angeles Review of Books “The thriller you won’t be able to put down.” -O: The Oprah Magazine

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times.

NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST HORROR BOOKS OF THE DECADE His odyssey takes him to a forgotten island, a graveyard full of secrets, a forest where immigrant legends still live, and finally back to a place he thought he had lost forever. Thus begins Apollo’s quest to find a wife and child who are nothing like he’d imagined. But before Apollo can do anything to help, Emma commits a horrific act and vanishes. At first Emma seems to be exhibiting signs of postpartum depression. Apollo’s old dreams return and Emma begins acting odd. Now Apollo is a father himself-and as he and his wife, Emma, settle into their new lives as parents, exhaustion and anxiety start to take their toll. When Apollo Kagwa’s father disappeared, he left his son a box of books and strange recurring dreams.

Nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award, an International Dublin Literary Award, a Mythopoeic Award for Literature.

Winner of an American Book Award, a Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, a British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel

ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME.

IN DEVELOPMENT AS AN APPLE TV+ SERIES STARRING LAKEITH STANFIELD

a dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness.”-Marlon James, author of the Dark Star trilogy

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