{"product_id":"9780986350832","title":"The Hour Before Dark","description":"\u003cb\u003eNever play the Dark Game...\u003c\/b\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and award-winning author Douglas Clegg comes a riveting supernatural thriller of dangerous secrets within a haunted family. \u003cp\u003eAfter the brutal murder of a loved one, Nemo Raglan must return to the New England family he thought he'd escaped for good...and the shadowy home called Hawthorn. As Nemo unravels the mysteries of the past and a terrible night from his childhood, a dark presence makes itself known on Burnley Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eTHE HOUR BEFORE DARK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Douglas Clegg has become the new star in horror fiction, and \u003ci\u003eThe Hour Before Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is his best and most exciting novel to date. This is pure imagination, and it is wearing speed skates.\" - Peter Straub, author of \u003cem\u003eGhost Story\u003c\/em\u003e and, with Stephen King, \u003cem\u003eThe Talisman\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...An eerie psychological tale of supernatural horror that builds suspense gradually as the characters slowly peel back the layers of their past and face the terrors of their shared childhood. Clegg approaches horror with a stark and vital simplicity that is utterly convincing. Fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz will appreciate this atmospheric gem.\" - \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Suspenseful and relentlessly spooky, told in economical prose yet peopled by characters as fully realized as one's own blood kin, this is at once the most artful and most mainstream tale yet from one of horror's brightest lights.\" - \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead More from Douglas Clegg\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeverland\u003cbr\u003eThe Children's Hour\u003cbr\u003eGoat Dance\u003cbr\u003ePurity\u003cbr\u003eDark of the Eye\u003cbr\u003eThe Words\u003cbr\u003eWild Things\u003cbr\u003eNightmare House\u003cbr\u003eBad Karma\u003cbr\u003eRed Angel\u003cbr\u003eNight Cage\u003cbr\u003eMischief\u003cbr\u003eThe Infinite\u003cbr\u003eThe Abandoned\u003cbr\u003eThe Necromancer\u003cbr\u003eIsis\u003cbr\u003eThe Hour Before Dark\u003cbr\u003eYou Come When I Call You\u003cbr\u003eNaomi\u003cbr\u003eThe Nightmare Chronicles\u003cbr\u003eBreeder\u003cbr\u003eThe Attraction\u003cbr\u003eThe Halloween Man\u003cbr\u003eNight Asylum\u003cbr\u003eLights Out\u003cbr\u003eFunerary Rites\u003cbr\u003eDinner with the Cannibal Sisters\u003cbr\u003eAfterlife\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alkemara Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47017705505008,"sku":"9780986350832","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780986350832_p0.jpg?v=1763891215","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780986350832","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}