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When Dr. Van Vierlans receives an invitation from Mrs. Elizabeth Morgenstern to give a lecture at her island mansion off the coast of South Carolina, he doesn't think twice. There’s a generous honorarium, and he relishes the chance to revisit the Sea Islands, where he once studied the Gullah language.
The lavish house he arrives at is strangely out of time. No other historians appear, nor does an audience, as he passes the time chatting in Gullah with the household servants. Just when his suspicions become difficult to ignore, Mrs. Morgenstern plies him with a sumptuous feast that distracts him from her true motives–which may prove more sinister than anything he’s prepared to imagine.
“Very cool.” —Stephen Graham Jones, NYT best-selling author of My Heart is a Chainsaw and The Only Good Indians
“A cinematic swirl of bourbon, blood-soaked soil, and bad magic.” —Jeremy Robert Johnson, award-winning author of The Loop and Skullcrack City
“Creepy, atmospheric, and darkly funny.” —Sonora Taylor, award-winning author of Little Paranoias: Stories and Seeing Things
"Mixing the profane and sacred with a sledgehammer finish."—Kimberly Davis Basso, author of Next Door