Temple Fall

Dark, persistent and unnerving, Temple Fall is an entrancing ghost story that gets under the skin with creeping dread. The reader is taken on a spectacularly twisted journey where generational trauma, disturbing histories and emotional scars have all left deep and terrible wounds. This is Picnic at Hanging Rock meets The Haunting of Hill House. I was absolutely bewitched! - Heather Davey, author of The Ghosts of Merry Hall PRAISE FOR THE BOOK OF THE BAKU Eerie, tense and relentlessly inventive, The Book of the Baku haunts and delights in equal measure. - J. S. Barnes, author of Dracula's Child and The City of Dr Moreau The Book of the Baku quickly hooks the reader with its compelling protagonist: a boy without a voice, caught in a web of dark mysteries stretching into his past and future. R.L. Boyle paints a convincing portrait of a teenager growing up special in an indifferent world full of flawed adults, and also reminds us of the importance of the stories we tell, not just to others, but to ourselves. A dark tale with a big heart, and a masterful debut. - Shaun Hamill, author of A Cosmology of Monsters An unsettling blend of dark social realism and surreal nightmarish images, RL Boyle's YA supernatural fantasy calls to mind Issa Lopez's 2019 film Tigers Are Not Afraid. And the Baku - a dark dream deity, drawing from a deep well of botanical and body horror as it manifests its way into the waking world - is such an impressively scary creation! - Ally Wilkes, author of All the White Spaces An engrossing read about a mythical creature that devours nightmares . . . but they sometimes come back to haunt you. An inventive use of Japanese lore with a few surprises in store for the reader. - A. J. Elwood, author of The Cottingley Cuckoo The Book of the Baku is one of my favourite books from 2021. It's a tense horror, combining fantasy with reality, exploring the impact of grief and guilt on men and women of all ages. - British Fantasy Society Rich characterisation and a deeply woven plot make The Book of the Baku frighteningly original whilst feeling oddly familiar. One of the brightest debuts of 2021. - Bloody Flicks One of the YA novels of the year ... The Book of the Baku was one of the bravest and most impressive YA horror novels I have read in a good while. RL Boyle should now be on the radar of anybody with an interest in YA horror. - Gingernuts of Horror This is horror at its finest..Clever, moving, and deftly told, I would highly recommend this book. I can't wait to see what R.L. Boyle does next. - Fantasy Hive This book has the brilliance of The Babadook with the charm of Stranger Things. I highly recommend it. - Grimdark Magazine One of the most emotionally affecting books I've ever read. I've seen the book being compared to A Monster Calls, and that's an incredibly apt comparison. I can see the people who loved that book loving this one, and it deserves to be as loved, recognised, and awarded as it was. The Book of Baku is not only the best book I've read this year, but perhaps one of the best I've ever read, and it needs to be read by everyone. - Trans-Scribe ""An absolute triumph in the world of horror stories ... Readers of any genre will enjoy this absolutely splendid story. Packed full of heartfelt family love and deeply ingrained horror."" - Emerald Archer Definitely a must-read for any fans of horror. - Little Bird Book Blog This book has a loud and resonant heart in the shape of Sean, the bravest boy I have yet to encounter in the pages of a book...A simply stunning novel, and I cannot say anymore than that as my throat is sore with tears and my words are just not elegant enough to explain. - Rachel Read It I devoured this book in just over a day. The Book of the Baku dragged me in and didn't spit me out until it was done with me. - FanfiAddict Review RL Boyle has done a superb job of writing a book which is both rooted in mythology and the supernatural but at the same time creating characters with believable human emotions and issues. The imagery used is brilliant... I would highly recommend this to any fans of horror/ thriller books and look forward to reading the authors future material. -Yorkshire Book Lover The author has brought [the Baku] to life in an imaginative way, imbuing it with a whole new level of creepy. - Schizanthus Chilling ... It is Sean's personality that kept me reading, as grief has followed him and yet even in a place of such horror, he has so much empathy and even extends that empathy to what might be evil. At times I wanted to cry for him and I admired him greatly. - Coffee Cups and Books