- Children, FICTION / Suspense, FICTION / Literary, Fiction
"The nationally best-selling author of House of Leaves and Only Revolutions has crafted a powerfully chilling novella--a ghost story for grownup readers. Late one evening at a party at an East Texas ranch house, five orphans gather to hear a story about a quest for a terrible weapon.
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- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Mark Z. Danielewski
- First published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780307907721
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Mark Z. Danielewski (born March 5, 1966) is an American fiction author. He is most widely known for his debut novel *House of Leaves* (2000), which won the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award. His second novel, *Only Revolutions* (2006), was nominated for the National Book Award. **Source**: [Mark Z. Danielewski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Z._Danielewski) on Wikipedia.
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