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Violence
Some
Moderate; folk horror violence and supernatural menace
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Significant; the creeping existential horror of discovering you are something other than what you thought
What this book is about
Ramsey Campbell's literary horror novel follows Luke Arnold — who discovers on live television that his parentage is not what he believed — as the search for his true origins leads into folk horror territory that defies rational explanation. Campbell writes with the sustained menace and ambiguity that make him one of literature's most effective horror writers.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Folk horror and supernatural horror
Mature horror content
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