Shade of the Tree

The estate was Joshua Pinson's inheritance from his oddball uncle Elijah: isolated in the deep Florida woods, with a half-built solar house stocked with enough supplies to weather a siege. Josh decided it was time to take his two young children away from New York and the memories of their murdered mother. Time to make a new life in sunny Florida. There was just one thing that Josh hadn't counted on. The place was haunted. A widower and his two children move into a house in Florida left them by an eccentric uncle. But the house, built beneath the shade of a huge oak tree, proves to be haunted--by shades of the living and of the dead, and even more. "Light humor and dark fantasy in an intriguing blend" (Library Journal) from the author of the acclaimed Xanth novels. Review "_Shade of the Tree_ is set in Stephen king country...a fine and unpredictable tale."--_The New York Times Book Review_ "Standard trappings of horror fiction--haunted houses, ghosts, and chain-saws--undergo a new twist in a story that contains light humor and dark fantasy in an intriguing blend."--_Library Journal_ "Anthony's style is energetic and well paced...The plot captivates from the beginning. Nothing is wasted..._Shade of the Tree_ promises to be a fine summer read."--_Best Sellers_ Product Description The estate was Joshua Pinson's inheritance from his oddball uncle Elijah: isolated in the deep Florida woods, with a half-built solar house stocked with enough supplies to weather a siege. Josh decided it was time to take his two young children away from New York and the memories of their murdered mother. Time to make a new life in sunny Florida. There was just one thing that Josh hadn't counted on. The place was haunted. Having inherited an estate from an oddball uncle, Joshua Pinson decides to take his two young children away from New York and the memories of their murdered mother. One thing Joshua hadn't counted on; the estate was haunted! Ghosts of the living and the dead begin to haunt Joshua Pinson and his two children when he moves to a mysterious estate left to him by his eccentric uncle.