"Norse mythology gives this story . . . a unique touch [with] an
exhilarating conclusion." --Booklist
"This was an outstanding blend of horror, speculative fiction, and
apocalyptic fantasy topped with madness." --Horror DNA
Beware of what lurks in the corn.
Fairies don't exist. At least that's what Thomas Cavanaugh's parents
say. But the events of that one night, when he follows a fairy into the
cornfield on his parents' farm, prove them wrong. What seems like a
destructive explosion was, Thomas knows, an encounter with Dauðr, a
force that threatens to destroy the fairy's world and his sanity.
Years later, after a troubled childhood and a series of dead-end jobs,
he is still haunted by what he saw that night. One day he crosses paths
with a beautiful young woman and a troubled young man, soon realizing
that he first met them as a kid while under psychiatric care after his
encounters in the cornfield. Has fate brought them together? Are they
meant to join forces to save the fairy's world and their own? Or is one
of them not who they claim to be?
For readers who enjoy The Wanderers by Chuck Wendig, The Whispering
North by Alex North, and Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay.
