Horror has a new name: Daphne. A brutal, enigmatic woman stalks a high
school basketball team in a reimagining of the slasher genre by the New
York Times bestselling author of Bird Box.
"A superb serial killer novel and a great coming-of-age story."--Gabino
Iglesias, author of The Devil Takes You Home
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Paste
It's the last summer for Kit Lamb: The last summer before college. The
last summer with her high school basketball team, and with Dana, her
best friend. The last summer before her life begins.
But the night before the big game, one of the players tells a ghost
story about Daphne, a girl who went to their school many years ago and
died under mysterious circumstances. Some say she was murdered, others
that she died by her own hand. And some say that Daphne is a murderer
herself. They also say that Daphne is still out there, obsessed with
revenge, and will appear to kill again anytime someone thinks about her.
After Kit hears the story, her teammates vanish, one by one, and Kit
begins to suspect that the stories about Daphne are real . . . and to
fear that her own mind is conjuring the killer. Now it's a race against
time as Kit searches for the truth behind the legend and learns to face
her own fears--before the summer of her lifetime becomes the last summer
of her life.
Mixing a nostalgic coming-of-age story and an instantly iconic female
villain with an innovative new vision of classic horror, Daphne is an
unforgettable thriller as only Josh Malerman could imagine it.
