Breed

A Novel

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Pub Date Sep 10 2013 | Archive Date Oct 12 2014

Description

Critically celebrated novelist Scott Spencer delivers a Rosemary's Baby-like novel of gothic horror, set against the backdrop of modern-day Upper East Side Manhattan.

Alex and Leslie Twisden lead charmed lives—fabulous careers, a luxurious home in Manhattan, a passionate marriage. What's missing is a child, and as they try one infertility treatment after another desire becomes obsession. As a last-ditch attempt to make their dream of parenthood a reality, the Twisdens travel to Slovenia, where they undergo a painful procedure that gives them what they've so fervently wanted...but with awful consequences.

Ten years later, coddled and living in a house of secrets, the twins Adam and Alice find themselves locked into their rooms every night, with sounds coming from their parents' bedroom growing and more disturbing.

Desperate for answers, the twins set out on a quest to uncover the truth about the man and woman who raised them. What they discover will reveal a threat so terrible that it must be escaped, at any cost.

Critically celebrated novelist Scott Spencer delivers a Rosemary's Baby-like novel of gothic horror, set against the backdrop of modern-day Upper East Side Manhattan.

Alex and Leslie Twisden lead...


Advance Praise

“Chicly ghoulish . . . The work of a serious writer with keen antennas for sensory detail...The book sets out to convey what it is like to be 'subject to the whip and rattle of unspeakable temptations.' And it does." —Janet Maslin, The New York Times

"A creepy, bloody, hairy thrill ride . . . Like a literary, contemporary version of Rosemary's Baby” —Entertainment Weekly

"Forget vampires, zombies and guys clad in hockey masks brandishing oversized machetes. Chase Novak unleashes truly scary literary horror villains in Breed: Mom and Dad." —USA Today

“A clever fable about class . . . The perfect dark fairy tale for these times.” —NPR.org

"The best horror novel I've read since Peter Straub's Ghost Story. By turns terrifying and blackly funny, Breed is a total blast." —Stephen King

“Chicly ghoulish . . . The work of a serious writer with keen antennas for sensory detail...The book sets out to convey what it is like to be 'subject to the whip and rattle of unspeakable...


Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9780316198585
PRICE $16.00 (USD)
PAGES 320

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