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Dan and Merrill Brewster drive their kids, Eric and Marci, to the deserted lakeside estate of Pinecrest for a quiet summer. The family quickly discovers a concealed carriage house stocked with strange, slow‑moving relics—blades, lamps, and a ledger that catalogues each item. As the teens become engrossed in restoring these artifacts, they are drawn deeper into a sinister mystery. Their nightly dreams bleed into reality, and the hidden cache reveals a history of disappearances and malevolent forces tied to the house’s past occupants. The Brewsters and their children must confront the darkness waiting in the night before it devours them all.
First publish date: July 18, 2006
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: John Saul
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