WINNER OF THE 2015 BRAM STOKER AWARD

A dark Southern Gothic vision of ghosts, witchcraft, secret powers, snake-handling, kudzu, Melungeons, and the Great Depression.

Michael Gibson has returned to the quiet home of his forebears and now takes care of his grandmother Sadie - old and sickly, but with an important story to tell about growing up poor and Melungeon (a mixed race group of mysterious origins) in the 1930s, while bedeviled by a snake-handling uncle and empathic powers she barely understands.

In a field not far from the Gibson family home lies an iron-bound crate within a small shack buried four feet deep under Kudzu vine. Michael somehow understands that hidden inside that crate is potentially his own death, his grandmother's death, and perhaps the deaths of everyone in the valley if he does not come to understand her story well enough.

'His words take root, growing like kudzu in every crack and crevice, smothering your senses with suspense and tension. Best book I have read all year.'
Michael Knost, Bram Stoker award-winning author

'This two-headed snake of a tale is superbly structured and gracefully paced, whilst the plot proves almost unstoppable.'
Tor.com

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