Category: Horror, Novel, Thriller
Language: EnglishKeywords: Psychological
Written by Clay McLeod Chapman
Read by James Patrick Cronin
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 96 Kbps
Unabridged
Inspired by the McMartin preschool trials and the Satanic Panic of the â80s, the critically acclaimed author of The Remaking delivers another pulse-pounding, true-crime-based horror novel.
Richard doesnât have a past. For him, there is only the present: a new marriage to Tamara, a first chance at fatherhood to her son, Elijah, and a quiet but pleasant life as an art teacher at Elijahâs elementary school in Danvers, Virginia. Then the body of a rabbit, ritualistically murdered, appears on the school grounds with a birthday card for Richard tucked beneath it. Richard doesnât have a birthday - but Sean does….
Sean is a five-year-old boy who has just moved to Greenfield, Virginia, with his mother. Like most mothers of the 1980s, sheâs worried about bills, childcare, putting food on the table… and an encroaching threat to American life that can take the face of anyone: a politician, a friendly neighbor, or even a teacher. When Seanâs school sends a letter to the parents revealing that Seanâs favorite teacher is under investigation, a white lie from Sean lights a fire that engulfs the entire nation - and Sean and his mother are left holding the match.
Now, 30 years later, someone is here to remind Richard that they remember what Sean did. And though Sean doesnât exist anymore, someone needs to pay the price for his lies.
April 6 2021
8 hrs and 30 mins
Inspired by the McMartin preschool trials and the Satanic Panic of the â80s, the critically acclaimed author of The Remaking delivers another pulse-pounding, true-crime-based horror novel.
Richard doesnât have a past. For him, there is only the present: a new marriage to Tamara, a first chance at fatherhood to her son, Elijah, and a quiet but pleasant life as an art teacher at Elijahâs elementary school in Danvers, Virginia. Then the body of a rabbit, ritualistically murdered, appears on the school grounds with a birthday card for Richard tucked beneath it. Richard doesnât have a birthday - but Sean does….
Sean is a five-year-old boy who has just moved to Greenfield, Virginia, with his mother. Like most mothers of the 1980s, sheâs worried about bills, childcare, putting food on the table… and an encroaching threat to American life that can take the face of anyone: a politician, a friendly neighbor, or even a teacher. When Seanâs school sends a letter to the parents revealing that Seanâs favorite teacher is under investigation, a white lie from Sean lights a fire that engulfs the entire nation - and Sean and his mother are left holding the match.
Now, 30 years later, someone is here to remind Richard that they remember what Sean did. And though Sean doesnât exist anymore, someone needs to pay the price for his lies.
April 6 2021
8 hrs and 30 mins