- THE
- DARKEST
- OF
- SECRETS
- EXIST
- AT
- THE
- EDGE
- OF
- THE
- WORLDA
- deadly
- menace
- threatens
- a
- remote
- island
- community
- and
- every
- man,
- woman
- and
- child
- is
- in
- peril.
- Sent
- to
- the
- isle
- to
- collect
- the
- remains
- of
- a
- dead
- fugitive,
- US
- Marshal
- Virgil
- Bone
- is
- trapped
- by
- torrential
- storms.As
- the
- body
- count
- rises
- the
- community
- unravels,
- and
- Bone
- is
- thrust
- into
- the
- role
- of
- investigator.
- Aided
- by
- a
- local
- woman
- and
- the
- town
- pariah,
- he
- uncovers
- the
- island's
- macabre
- past
- and
- its
- horrifying
- connection
- to
- the
- killings.Some
- curses
- are
- best
- believed.
Sometimes
- the
- past
- is
- best
- left
- buried.
And
- some
- will
- kill
- to
- keep
- it
- so.Praise
- for
- The
- Isle:"With
- The
- Isle,
- John
- Foster
- makes
- a
- twenty-first
- century
- contribution
- to
- the
- tradition
- of
- the
- New
- England
- Gothic,
- taking
- his
- lawman
- protagonist
- off
- the
- coast
- of
- the
- mainland
- United
- States
- to
- visit
- a
- small
- island
- in
- the
- North
- Atlantic
- whose
- inhabitants
- might
- have
- settled
- there
- from
- one
- of
- Nathaniel
- Hawthorne's
- Puritan
- fantasies.
- Himself
- riven
- by
- guilt
- over
- past
- misdeeds,
- U.S.
- Marshall
- Bone
- encounters
- a
- community
- on
- whom
- the
- sins
- of
- their
- ancestors
- continue
- to
- exert
- a
- very
- terrible
- and
- a
- very
- real
- force.
- Fast-moving,
- gripping,
- it's
- a
- tale
- straight
- from
- Old
- Man
- Atlantic's
- barnacled
- treasure
- chest."
- —
- John
- Langan,
- Bram
- Stoker
- Award-winning
- author
- of
- The
- Fisherman"Brooding
- and
- claustrophobic,
- one
- hell
- of
- a
- scary
- ride.
- You
- won't
- soon
- forget
- your
- visit
- to
- The
- Isle."
- —
- Tom
- Deady,
- Bram
- Stoker
- Award-winning
- author
- of
- Haven"Dripping
- with
- claustrophobic
- malice,
- crawling
- with
- dread
- and
- otherness,
- The
- Isle
- is
- a
- journey
- into
- places
- best
- left
- alone.
- A
- chilling,
- disturbing,
- compelling
- tale."
- —
- Alan
- Baxter,
- award-winning
- author
- of
- Devouring
- Dark
- and
- Manifest
- Recall"John
- Foster
- masterfully
- weaves
- New
- England
- folk
- horror
- into
- a
- hard-boiled
- murder
- mystery
- to
- form
- a
- wholly
- original
- and
- gripping
- novel
- that
- will
- keep
- you
- guessing
- as
- the
- dread
- builds
- like
- a
- tide
- rolling
- over
- the
- rocky
- shore.
- Strange
- rituals,
- hidden
- histories,
- and
- dangerous
- paranoia
- intersect
- on
- The
- Isle
- in
- ways
- that
- turn
- northeastern
- peculiarity
- into
- something
- uniquely
- horrific
- and
- thoroughly
- engrossing
- to
- read."
- —
- Ed
- Kurtz,
- author
- of
- The
- Rib
- from
- Which
- I
- Remake
- the
- World
- and
- Nausea"If
- you're
- the
- kind
- of
- person
- who
- seeks
- out
- hidden
- places
- with
- awful
- histories,
- then
- this
- book
- is
- for
- you.
- You'll
- feel
- the
- damp
- and
- the
- chill,
- you'll
- hear
- the
- shrieks
- and
- the
- inhuman
- mutter,
- you'll
- see
- those
- children
- and
- their
- awful
- games.
- Read
- it
- in
- a
- safe
- place."
- —
- Karen
- Heuler,
- author
- of
- The
- Inner
- CityProudly
- presented
- by
- Grey
- Matter
- Press,
- the
- multiple
- Bram
- Stoker
- Award-nominated
- independent
- publisher.
Grey
- Matter
- Press:
- Where
- Dark
- Thoughts Thrive
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