Wistwood — Jonathan Kieran

One tormented guy looking for a fresh start. One charming little town hungry for his pain. Wistwood. If you can get there ... it already owns you. Seeking redemption, troubled writer Brask Adams heads into the wild majesty of Big Sur, California, hoping the lost town of Wistwood will offer him a fresh start at life. But Wistwood has a way of attracting ... or maybe even hunting ... people in need of second chances. A terrifying way. Many others are drawn to Wistwood's promise, heeding signals and voices only they can perceive: Beautiful Schuyler wants to abandon her thankless state job and open a quaint antiques shop. Faded rock star Lleyton wants the perfect place to fix his crumbling marriage once and for all. Father Jarecki is determined to leave the priesthood behind and build a new kind of church. But dreams aren't so easily realized in Wistwood, for beneath the town's idyllic facade, an ancient and vicious supernatural war is being waged. A battle for the souls of the lost. And only The Landlord reserves the right to feed. Caught between a tortured past and his desperate vision for the future, Brask, too, comes face to face with a horrifying truth: Hell on earth can be exactly what you make of it. In Wistwood, bestselling author Jonathan Kieran crafts an atmospheric and terrifying tale of human culpability. By turns elegiac and raw, Kieran weaves an insinuating psychological tapestry threaded with lust, magic, murder, and a host of unforgettable characters. Wistwood is a dark fable certain to haunt readers long after the last core-shattering page has been read.