Tolly is a high school misfit who spends most of his free time with his best friend, Amber. Tolly’s world began to go sideways upon the death of his father. As the pair attend a party with upperclassmen, Tolly’s drinking gets out of hand and he is subject to a vicious assault after committing an innocent transgression.
As Amber comes to Tolly’s aid, they are terrified upon witnessing a supernatural event in which a former classmate arises from eternal slumber and avenges his death upon various classmates. A drop of blood reaches Tolly and seeps into an open wound and something immediately stirs in Tolly’s soul and no one is safe.
Stephen Graham Jones (My Heart is a Chainsaw) knows horror, but his ability to reveal it in a subtle yet disquieting fashion makes his new release especially gripping. The friendship between Tolly and Amber provides heart in the story amidst the murderous mayhem. Jones has composed a rollicking novel meriting multiple reads.