From New York Times-bestselling author Christopher Golden comes a high concept horror novel about a man trying to protect his dead mother's body from the evil that is hunting them.
Maggie Wise will take your eyes.
When Malcolm was growing up, the local kids made up that chant about his mother, claiming she was a witch. He and his siblings did their best to ignore it. Now, Maggie is dying, and those same siblings have left Malcolm and his sister-in-law Violet to hold a vigil at her bedside.
But they're not as alone as they think they are. A dark figure waits and watches from beneath the willow tree across the street. Hundreds of miles away, an ancient evil stirs in its burrow under a farmer's cornfield. Across the country, other buried things begin to dream in anticipation of Maggie's demise. On her deathbed, the old woman elicits a promise from Malcolm, her youngest child―when she dies, he and Violet must return her body to her birthplace in Shediak, Maine.
From the moment she takes her last breath, before her remains are even loaded aboard the baggage car of the Imperial Limited, there are forces trying to stop Malcolm from fulfilling that promise. Violence erupts on the train, evil preys on its passengers, and once the sun goes down, those long-buried things are coming to make Maggie Wise pay for her past. God help anyone who stands in their way.
Genre: Horror
Maggie Wise will take your eyes.
When Malcolm was growing up, the local kids made up that chant about his mother, claiming she was a witch. He and his siblings did their best to ignore it. Now, Maggie is dying, and those same siblings have left Malcolm and his sister-in-law Violet to hold a vigil at her bedside.
But they're not as alone as they think they are. A dark figure waits and watches from beneath the willow tree across the street. Hundreds of miles away, an ancient evil stirs in its burrow under a farmer's cornfield. Across the country, other buried things begin to dream in anticipation of Maggie's demise. On her deathbed, the old woman elicits a promise from Malcolm, her youngest child―when she dies, he and Violet must return her body to her birthplace in Shediak, Maine.
From the moment she takes her last breath, before her remains are even loaded aboard the baggage car of the Imperial Limited, there are forces trying to stop Malcolm from fulfilling that promise. Violence erupts on the train, evil preys on its passengers, and once the sun goes down, those long-buried things are coming to make Maggie Wise pay for her past. God help anyone who stands in their way.
Genre: Horror
Praise for this book
"Carry Me to My Grave is an absolute barnburner of a book, giving us mystery, dread, action, deliciously complicated family dynamics, fight scenes that would be at home in an Indiana Jones or Repairman Jack adventure, monsters that would make TED Klein and Clive Barker cheer, and even some good old-fashioned smoldering romance. Once this train gets rolling, there's no stopping it. Golden has outdone himself with this one." - Nat Cassidy
"Carry Me To My Grave is a propulsive combustion engine of horror, akin to a cosmic Faulkner - imagine a supernatural As I Lay Dying - that also captures the fragile humanity of Bradbury. This novel never rests, and you won't either, once you start reading it, racing towards the end of one of Christopher Golden's absolute best." - Clay McLeod Chapman
"Extremely bloody and profoundly moving, this is a heartbreaking tale of a son's promise to his mother and the dangerous secrets that make his task increasingly perilous. Christopher Golden is always outstanding, but Carry Me to My Grave is one of his best." - Christina Henry
"Some books are made from equal parts blood and adrenaline and wonder. Carry Me to My Grave is all of that, with heart to burn." - Stephen Graham Jones
"Harrowing, terrifying, and utterly gripping, Carry Me to My Grave is a brilliantly written nightmare that will burrow deep into your subconscious. Christopher Golden's deft weaving of familial love, juxtaposed alongside the stark brutalities of survival, creates an atmosphere as poignant as it is chilling." - Monika Kim
"A deeply unsettling horror novel that reads like a high-intensity thriller, Carry Me to the Grave is unputdownable. A dark and mysterious mother, a promise made on a deathbed, an edge-of-your-seat train adventure, and terrifying ancient evil are all thrown into Christopher Golden's writing cauldron, and what comes out is pure magic. Don't miss this one!" - Jennifer McMahon
"A thrilling odyssey with death in tow. Golden loads Carry Me to My Grave with fisticuffs, witchcraft, fiends, and fraught relationships from start to finish in a non-stop gauntlet. Go off the rails with this crazy train." - Hailey Piper
"Golden writes horror the way it should be written: propulsive, relentless, and monstrous. With prose as sharp as bones and tension that creeps under your skin and tangles through your veins, Carry Me to My Grave takes root in the dark - and refuses to die. A roaring, bloody, feral ride." - Lindy Ryan
"Carry Me To My Grave is a propulsive combustion engine of horror, akin to a cosmic Faulkner - imagine a supernatural As I Lay Dying - that also captures the fragile humanity of Bradbury. This novel never rests, and you won't either, once you start reading it, racing towards the end of one of Christopher Golden's absolute best." - Clay McLeod Chapman
"Extremely bloody and profoundly moving, this is a heartbreaking tale of a son's promise to his mother and the dangerous secrets that make his task increasingly perilous. Christopher Golden is always outstanding, but Carry Me to My Grave is one of his best." - Christina Henry
"Some books are made from equal parts blood and adrenaline and wonder. Carry Me to My Grave is all of that, with heart to burn." - Stephen Graham Jones
"Harrowing, terrifying, and utterly gripping, Carry Me to My Grave is a brilliantly written nightmare that will burrow deep into your subconscious. Christopher Golden's deft weaving of familial love, juxtaposed alongside the stark brutalities of survival, creates an atmosphere as poignant as it is chilling." - Monika Kim
"A deeply unsettling horror novel that reads like a high-intensity thriller, Carry Me to the Grave is unputdownable. A dark and mysterious mother, a promise made on a deathbed, an edge-of-your-seat train adventure, and terrifying ancient evil are all thrown into Christopher Golden's writing cauldron, and what comes out is pure magic. Don't miss this one!" - Jennifer McMahon
"A thrilling odyssey with death in tow. Golden loads Carry Me to My Grave with fisticuffs, witchcraft, fiends, and fraught relationships from start to finish in a non-stop gauntlet. Go off the rails with this crazy train." - Hailey Piper
"Golden writes horror the way it should be written: propulsive, relentless, and monstrous. With prose as sharp as bones and tension that creeps under your skin and tangles through your veins, Carry Me to My Grave takes root in the dark - and refuses to die. A roaring, bloody, feral ride." - Lindy Ryan
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