The Blackstone Chronicles
by JOHN SAUL
Serial terror in six parts.

Come to the New England town of Blackstone and witness the dark wrath of an unspeakable evil, a frightening force unleashed from deep within the old Asylum. Seemingly harmless gifts begin to materialize out of nowhere to menace unsuspecting recipients.…

And each gift has a dark, horrifying past that returns with a vengeance and threatens to engulf the entire town of Blackstone in terror and misery.…

AN EYE FOR AN EYE: THE DOLL

The project to demolish the old Blackstone Asylum, which has cast its shadow over the town since the 1890s, is stalled, and contractor Bill McGuire feverishly works to set the wrecker’s ball in motion. Then a lovely antique doll arrives for his daughter from sources unknown.

And a murderous menace begins its rampage through Blackstone.…

TWIST OF FATE: THE LOCKET

Jules Hartwick, president of the local bank, discovers a pink beribboned package in his wife’s car. The silver locket inside will unleash a murderous, maniacal rage and shatter the picturesque calm of a town called Blackstone.…

ASHES TO ASHES: THE DRAGON’S FLAME

Rebecca Morrison unearths a stunning cigarette lighter emblazoned with a dragon at Blackstone’s sprawling Saturday flea market—an exotic item the salesperson doesn’t remember seeing before. This seems to be the perfect “welcome home” gift for Rebecca’s wayward cousin, Andrea, but the dragon’s flame will ignite the darkest side of human nature.…

IN THE SHADOW OF EVIL: THE HANDKERCHIEF

Newspaper editor Oliver Metcalfe, son of the last superintendent of the Asylum, finds an exquisite linen handkerchief in his father’s attic. Meant as a gift for another woman, the handkerchief ends up in the possession of librarian Germaine Wagner. And then Germaine begins to see frightening visions that propel her into the mouth of madness.…

DAY OF RECKONING: THE STEREOSCOPE

When attorney Ed Becker decides to restore a dusty antique dresser, he does not realize that he has invited an unspeakable evil into his home. His daughter finds old pictures and a stereoscope—an old-fashioned device that allows you to see images in three dimensions—in the dresser.

As the images inside the stereoscope begin to take on a vivid, terrifying life of their own, a long-buried secret emerges that brings destruction and death.…

ASYLUM

Unexplained death. Horrifying accidents. Murderous rages. The baffling disappearance of an innocent. No one in Blackstone has escaped the evil force that has spread through the town.

When Oliver Metcalfe suggests that there may be a curse on Blackstone, the community is outraged. Then a final, devastating gift appears on the front porch, and now Oliver must confront the gruesome truth of the past—one that threatens to destroy all the inhabitants of Blackstone in one final grip of terror.

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The Blackstone Chronicles
by John Saul

A serial novel that brings to terrifying life a small New England town—and the secrets and sins that lay buried there.

Published by Fawcett Books.
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