This books main character, Eddie Fennicks, is in love with horror books and is thrilled when he finds out his family is moving to his favorite authors home town. They arrive in town with an unexpected car crash , a superstitious tow man, and to make things worse, all the townspeople believe in the Olmstead Curse (the author of the horror books) and don't take to kindly to newcomers. Eddie doesn't mind and soon finds himself with a new friend and life is going well. But suddenly he finds a book, Olmsteads last book before he disappeared, and Eddie suddenly finds himself among hooded figures,moving shadows, a woman from the dark lands, and a stone child with a book.
I thought this book was a good read and (for me) was a fairly short book. Their is horror in the book but it was fairly light (no nightmares for me), but it did have some gruesome descriptions of the creatures that hunt Eddie in the woods.
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