Slewfoot by Brom Dark fantasyA USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it. Connecticut, 1666: An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector. The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil. To Abitha, a recently widowed outcast, alone and vulnerable in her pious village, he is the only one she can turn to for help. Together, they
they spend quiet days together in their cottage
Celeste Price is remorseless and deviously free of hesitation
She's exactly what Blake's looking for
and what seems like a safe haven may not be all it appears
and survival to rival The Martian—while taking us to places it never dreamed of going
Then Fern meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft
Owning her is all he ever wanted
Candra and Nemeth are forced to make a difficult choice
Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer Dark Mill South escapes into town to complete his revenge killings
the other is utterly unmarked
terrified and alone
they will both have to journey across a dangerous landscape in order to find a mysterious Heart Tree