Age of Consent

The house has a terrifying history and now history is repeating itself. Once upon a time, a group of student radicals found a leader and followed him beyond all reason. Years before that, in the same place, a prophet was visited by an angel, and followed it to a horrible end. Peter Coulter ignored the strange rumors about the house—until things started changing. His sister Ginny, once outgoing and popular, is now secretive and self-destructive. Peter’s nightmares have become so vivid, so real. His father is possessed by a sudden calling from God. And all of them have seen the long-haired stranger in the woods. The one who wants them to do such shameful things, and who beckons them too, to follow him.°°°HOWARD MITTELMARK is the author of the novel Age of Consent, and coauthor of How Not to Write a Novel. He has reviewed and written about books for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Hollywood Reporter, Kirkus Reviews, and other newspapers and magazines. He works as an editor in New York. Peter Coulter, ignoring the whispered rumors about the house he lives in, finds history repeating itself when his sister, once popular and outgoing, becomes self-destructive, and his father is possessed by a sudden calling from God, which urges them to do horrible things More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA