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Violence
Some
Moderate; dark thriller and folk horror violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Significant; the slow horror of a community whose rituals have a cost
What this book is about
Martyn Waites's dark thriller follows a man who retreats to a remote Cornish village after his life falls apart — finding a community with old grudges and older rituals that the outsider has unknowingly walked into. Waites (who also writes as Tania Carver) brings his characteristic psychological darkness to a folk horror setting.
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Folk horror themes
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