Darker days : a novel / Thomas Olde Heuvelt ; translated from the Dutch by Lia Belt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olde Heuvelt, Thomas, 1983- Author.

Contributor:

Belt, Lia, translator.

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Sacrifice--Fiction.

Sacrifice.

Neighborhoods--Fiction.

Neighborhoods.

Death--Fiction.

Death.

Washington (State)--Fiction.

Washington (State).

Genre:

Horror fiction.

Paranormal fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

406 pages : map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025]

Language Note:

In English; translated from the Dutch.

Summary:

"From the author of the internationally acclaimed bestseller Hex comes a modern horror story with echoes of Paul Tremblay, Joe Hill, and Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," about a gilded street in a small Pacific Northwest town where the charmed residents have made a frightening bargain . . . with devastating consequences."-- Provided by publisher.

Set in the seemingly idyllic town of Lock Haven, The Darker Days follows the residents of Bird Street, whose prosperity depends on a sinister yearly ritual. Each November, a debt must be paid through a human sacrifice to preserve the community's good fortune. When the chosen victim resists and the ritual unravels, the town's dark secret and the true cost of its success are violently exposed.

Notes:

"Originally published as November in Holland in 2022 by Boekerij."--Title page verso.

"First English translation published in Great Britain in 2025 by Bantam, an imprint of Transworld Publishers."--Title page verso.

Other Format:

Online version Olde Heuvelt, Thomas, 1983- Darker days

ISBN:

9780063472518

0063472511

9780063472525

006347252X

OCLC:

1522759133

Publisher Number:

90104680641