John Saul

"All the right scares in all the right places." The Seattle Times
A telephone rings in the dead of night with shocking news for single mother MaryAnne Carpenter: her friends the Wilkensons are suddenly, inexplicably dead, their only child, Joey, a sad and silent adolescent and MaryAnne's godchild, abruptly orphaned. But as MaryAnne rushes with her family to the Wilkenson's ranch to embrace her young charge, disturbing questions mount....

Now, for the first time, the New York Times bestselling serial thriller is complete in one terrifying volume. John Saul, the master of supernatural suspense, John Saul, brings to chilling life the small New England town of Blackstone—and the secrets and sins that lay buried there. . . .
From atop Blackstone's highest hill, the old Asylum casts its shadow over the village. Built in the 1890s to house the insane, the Asylum has stood vacant for...

On the ocean floor off Hawaii, a new form of plant life is emerging, its seed sent from a planet which no longer exists. The plant, which is giving off gases that could wipe out humanity, is discovered by an archeologist during a dive with her son.

A troubled teenager struggling to cope with the loss of his father, Ryan McIntyre is sent to St. Ignatius Catholic School, an institution with a good reputation for dealing with troubled teens, where he meets an enigmatic exorcist, Father Sebastian.

A family discover that a house they inherited in Louisiana is haunted. The house, which they are refurbishing to turn into a hotel, was left by an aunt and it is rumored that she smothered her baby.

A family moves back to a Florida town, where something evil awaits.