From the bestselling horror author of Within These Walls and The Bird Eater comes a terrifying novel that follows a teenager determined to break from his family's unconventionaland deeply disturbingtraditions.Deep in the heart of Appalachia stands a crooked farmhouse miles from any road. The Morrows keep to themselves, and its served them well so far. When girls go missing off the side of the highway, the cops dont knock on their door. Which is a good thing, seeing as to whats buried in the Morrows backyard. But nineteen-year-old Michael Morrow isnt like the rest of his family. He doesnt take pleasure in the screams that echo through the trees. Michael pines for normalcy, and hes sure that someday hell see the world beyond West Virginia. When he meets Alice, a pretty girl working at a record shop in the small nearby town of Dahlia, hes immediately smitten. For a moment, he nearly forgets about the monster hes become. But his brother, Rebel, is all too eager to remind Michael of his place
