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Carol Evers has a haunting medical mystery—she enters a death‑like coma she calls the Black Place every few weeks, lasting two to four days during which she appears dead. Only her husband Dwight and her former love, the legendary outlaw James Moxie, are aware of her condition. When Dwight, driven by greed, arranges her burial in hopes of inheriting her fortune, he begins preparations before Carol’s next Inquisition. Moxie is alerted by telegram of Carol’s impending funeral and immediately departs retirement to ride the Trail and rescue her from a premature burial. The novel interweaves themes of love, betrayal, and survival in the West, as Carol struggles to free herself from the darkness that binds her and fends off both human and otherworldly threats.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: Josh Malerman
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