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Hex

by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

A curse under surveillance in Black Spring

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A curse under surveillance in Black Spring

In Black Spring, the Black Rock Witch is a visible, persistent presence: the seventeenth-century figure walks into homes, while the town’s elders use high-tech surveillance to keep the haunting contained. The community’s rules are shaped by the belief that opening her sewn-shut eyes would bring terrible consequences. When teenagers resist the restrictions and publicize the haunting, their actions set off a return to the town’s darker past. The setup brings supernatural horror into contact with lockdown, surveillance, and the strain of living inside a community organized around a curse. The publisher description positions the novel as horror and dark fantasy, with the town itself central to the conflict.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in supernatural and occult horror.
  • Readers drawn to stories about isolated communities and collective rules.
  • Readers looking for dark fantasy involving a town-bound curse.

Themes

Supernatural hauntingSurveillance and containmentCommunity restrictionsThe return of the past

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Book overview

"This is totally, brilliantly original." --Stephen King

"HEX is creepy and gripping and original, sure to be one of the top horror novels of 2016." --George R.R. Martin

The English language debut of the bestselling Dutch novel, Hex, from Thomas Olde Heuvelt--a Hugo and World Fantasy award nominated talent to watch

Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay 'til death. Whoever settles, never leaves.

Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She stands next to children's bed for nights on end. Everybody knows that her eyes may never be opened or the consequences will be too terrible to bear.

The elders of Black Spring have virtually quarantined the town by using high-tech surveillance to prevent their curse from spreading. Frustrated with being kept in lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break their strict regulations and go viral with the haunting. But, in so doing, they send the town spiraling into dark, medieval practices of the distant past.

This chilling novel heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice in mainstream horror and dark fantasy.

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