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Nightjars

by Michael Wehunt

A hidden legacy in the North Georgia Appalachians

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A hidden legacy in the North Georgia Appalachians

Old photographs place Luke Oshel beside murder victims, though he has no memory of the scenes they show. When a new series of killings points toward him, his search for an explanation draws together his father’s history of violence, Luke’s efforts to confront troubling memories, and a secret stretching back centuries. The North Georgia Appalachians provide the setting for a story that combines serial-murder suspense with occult and supernatural horror. Its central question—whether Luke is implicated in the crimes, or bound to a darker inheritance—connects the mystery to the book’s exploration of memory, family legacy, and the nature of monstrosity.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in supernatural and occult horror.
  • For readers who enjoy murder mysteries involving memory and family history.
  • For readers seeking horror set in the North Georgia Appalachians.

Themes

Repressed memoriesFamily legacySerial murderMonstrosityOccult and supernatural horror

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Memento
meets Dracula in this heart-thudding, unpredictable, and beautifully crafted novel of a man exposed for crimes he doesn't remember committing, and the monsters that dwell at the heart of us all, from celebrated and critically acclaimed author Michael Wehunt.

On a rainy night, Luke Oshel gets stood up halfway through dinner. But before his date walks off to the bathroom and never returns, she leaves an old photograph under her napkin--Luke as a child, a dead body in the shadows of his bedroom, and a terrifying masked man. He has no recollection of this event.

Then more photos disrupt his life--Luke posing with murder victims, covered in blood--and he falls back into the deep paranoia and repressed memories he's tried to leave behind. All the drugs and alcohol, therapy, and hypnosis sessions have never conquered his deepest fear--that he hasn't escaped the hidden legacy of his late father, who killed his victims by blood loss. But now there is a new string of serial killings, and the evidence all points to Luke.

As his journey to uncover the truth unfolds in the North Georgia Appalachians, a threat arises that will risk everything he holds close, including his ex-wife and their young daughter. Now Luke must chase his father's darkness through a centuries-old secret and learn what monsters truly are. And decide if he's one of them.

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