Things are bad for Clay Miller and George Hitchens.
For starters, they’re on the run from a posse out for blood. Then, as they ride through the Utah desert, the two come across the crumpled body of a young boy on the brink of death. The boy can’t speak, but it’s clear he’s frightened of something nearby. When asked what’s got him so scared, the terrified boy writes three letters in the dirt …
DED
By nightfall, Clay and George are tied up in jail. They can’t move. They can’t speak. They can do nothing but listen to the boy, outside, screaming for his life.
Yes, things are bad for Clay and George.
And they’re only going to get worse.
PRAISE FOR DAVID B. SILVA:
“A talented writer of novels and short fiction, who knows where the heart of a story lies, and who deserves a larger audience than he has yet received.” —Dean Koontz
“David B. Silva is one of the great unsung heroes of horror.” —Bentley Little
PRAISE FOR ROBERT SWARTWOOD:
“Robert Swartwood might very well be the best kept secret in the thriller genre.” —Brian Keene
“An exceptional novelist.” —Douglas Clegg
Robert Swartwood is the USA Today bestselling and ITW Thriller Award-winning author of The Serial Killer’s Wife, The Killing Room, No Shelter, Man of Wax, and several other novels. He’s also the author of Girl Gone Mad, One Year Gone, Dear Seraphina, and The Chateau written under the pseudonym Avery Bishop. Visit him online at www.robertswartwood.com.
David B. Silva is the Bram Stoker and World Fantasy Award-winning author of seven novels. His short fiction has appeared in The Year’s Best Horror, The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, and The Best American Mystery Stories. He served as the editor of The Horror Show from 1982 to 1991. He passed away in 2013.