The Book of Accidents

Chuck Wendig

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Penguin (Cornerstone)
05 July 2022

Horror & ghost stories; Science fiction; Fantasy; Horror

A family returns to their hometown - and to the dark past that haunts them still - in this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers

'Move over King, Chuck Wendig is the new voice of modern American horror' Adam Christopher

'A rich, rewarding tale' The Guardian

A family returns to their hometown - and to the dark past that haunts them still - in this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers

When Nate's father dies, he leaves behind a final gift for his son- his childhood home. Married now, Nate decides to move in with his wife, Maddie, and their son, Oliver, seeking peace from the chaos of the city.

But it doesn't take long before things get strange in the night and even stranger by day.

Because Nate was a child being abused by his father, and has never told his family. Because Maddie was a little girl who saw something she shouldn't have. Because something sinister, something hungry, walks in the tunnels and the mountains and the coal mines of this town in rural Pennsylvania...

And now, what happened all those years ago is happening again, and this time, it is happening to Oliver. When he meets a strange boy with secrets of his own and a taste for dark magic, he has no idea that what comes next will put his family at the heart of a battle of good versus evil.

'The dread, the scope, the pacing, the turns-I haven't felt all this so intensely since The Shining' - Stephen Graham Jones

'Universally horrifying and viscerally intimate, Wendig brilliantly uses The Book of Accidents to explore a painful truth- in the end, we all haunt ourselves' - Kiersten White

By: Chuck Wendig
Imprint: Penguin (Cornerstone)
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 373g
ISBN: 9781529101096
ISBN 10: 1529101093
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 05 July 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chuck Wendig is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars- Aftermath, as well as the Miriam Black thrillers, the Atlanta Burns books, and Zer0es and Invasive, alongside other works across comics, games, film, and more. He was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and an alum of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, and he served as the co-writer of the Emmy-nominated digital narrative Collapsus. He is also known for his popular blog, terribleminds, and books about writing such as Damn Fine Story. He lives in Pennsylvania with his family.

Reviews for The Book of Accidents

Wendig combines cosmic horror and human heroism with his continuing theme of the traumatic effect of abusive relationships handed down from father to son; this is a rich, rewarding tale. -- Lisa Tuttle * The Guardian * This is a full-blooded rural haunted house chiller with something for everyone: ghosts, doppelgangers, numerology, parallel worlds, demons and more. * Financial Times * The dread, the scope, the pacing, the turns-I haven't felt all this so intensely since The Shining. * Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians * Move over King, Chuck Wendig is the new voice of modern American horror . . . a masterwork * Adam Christopher, author of Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town * Universally horrifying and viscerally intimate, Wendig brilliantly uses The Book of Accidents to explore a painful truth: in the end, we all haunt ourselves. * Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken *