"This is a powerful, shocking story, the full pay-off of David Wagoner's astonishing talent." James Dickey, author of terrifying classic Deliverance Simon Burrows is a divorced, retired politician looking who retires to the country with his new, young girlfriend to raise show dogs. But his simple dream turns into a gruesome nightmare when he discovers that his neighbors, and the verdant, tranquil landscape around him, hide an unspeakable horror. "Wagoner has combined his driving, poetic style with a twisted and haunting plot to create a brilliant novel which examines pure evil. This amazing book truly captivates the reader. Hard to put down and impossible to forget." Hartford Courant "Unlike anything Wagoner has done before. It is his own Ethan Frome, but with starker appointments of suspense and sheer horror.

" Fort Worth Star-Telegram "This chilling story is compellingly told, a fine novel of literary merit, not just a good read." Pittsburgh Press "Evil is a powerful force. When it emerges from the pages of a book that is written in a style as straight-forward and precise as a business memo, it is devastating." Raleigh News and Observer.