Discover the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 2 million copies sold''RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT'' STEPHEN KINGAs the dark and menacing waters of the local river submerge Perdido, a small town in the south of Alabama, the Caskeys - a family of rich landowners - must confront the tide of damage caused by the flood. Led by Mary-Love, the powerful matriarch, and by Oscar, her devoted son, the family must pick itself back up. But what they haven''t anticipated is the sudden appearance of Elinor Dammert - a mysterious but seductive young woman with a troubling past. Her sole ambition appears to be to infiltrate the very heart of the Caskey clan...''Beyond any trace of a doubt, one of the absolutely best writers of horror'' Peter Straub''One of the genre’s most underrated writers'' Poppy Z. Brite