Those Across the River

Failed academic Frank Nichols and his wife, Eudora, have arrived in the sleepy Georgia town of Whitbrow, where Frank hopes to write a history of his family's old estate-the Savoyard Plantation- and the horrors that occurred there. At first, the quaint, rural ways of their new neighbors seem to be everything they wanted. But there is an unspoken dread that the townsfolk have lived with for generations. A presence that demands sacrifice. It comes from the shadowy woods across the river, where the ruins of Savoyard still stand. Where a longstanding debt of blood has never been forgotten. A debt that has been waiting patiently for Frank Nichols's homecoming... Review �One of the best first novels I�ve ever read.��Charlaine Harris, #1� New York Times Bestselling Author �What a treat. Terrible and beautiful. As much F. Scott Fitzgerald as Dean Koontz. A graceful, horrific read.��Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author �Wonderfully eerie from start to finish�a novel sure to enthrall readers of all stripes.��Grant Blackwood, New York Times bestselling author �An unsettling brew of growing menace spiked with flashes of genuine terror�do not miss this chilling debut. Christopher Buehlman is a writer to watch. I look forward to hearing from him again. And soon.� �F. Paul Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Fatal Error � �Lures you into a different era, seduces you with eloquent prose and sensual period details, then clamps down on your jugular�An outstanding debut.��Hank Schwaeble, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Diabolical About the Author Christopher Buehlman is the winner of the 2007 Bridport Award for Poetry and the author of several plays. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida. A man must confront a terrifying evil in this captivating horror novel that’s “as much F. Scott Fitzgerald as Dean Koontz.”* Haunted by memories of the Great War, failed academic Frank Nichols and his wife have arrived in the sleepy Georgia town of Whitbrow, where Frank hopes to write a history of his family’s old estate—the Savoyard Plantation—and the horrors that occurred there. At first their new life seems to be everything they wanted. But under the facade of summer socials and small-town charm, there is an unspoken dread that the townsfolk have lived with for generations. A presence that demands sacrifice. It comes from the shadowy woods across the river, where the ruins of the Savoyard Plantation still stand. Where a long-smoldering debt of blood has never been forgotten. Where it has been waiting for Frank Nichols.... Moving to rural Georgia, a failed academic plans to write a history of his family's old plantation and the horrors that occurred there but instead discovers a sense of unspoken dread among the townspeople and a long-standing debt of blood