About This Book

Every year on his birthday, Ned Dunstan has a paralyzing seizure in which he is forced to witness scenes of ruthless slaughter perpetrated by a mysterious figure in black whom he calls Mr. X.

Now, with his birthday fast approaching, Ned has been drawn back to his hometown of Edgerton, Illinois, by a premonition that his mother is dying. On her deathbed, she imparts to him the name of his long-absent father and warns him that he is in grave danger. Despite her foreboding, he embarks on a search through Edgerton's past for the truth behind his own identity and that of his entirely fantastic family.

But when Ned becomes the lead suspect in three violent deaths, he begins to realize that he is not the only one who has come home. . . .

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Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel (Winners)
The Bram Stoker Awards are presented each year by the Horror Writers Association, voted on by its members, and are the leading honours in horror fiction; Superior Achievement in a Novel is their flagship category. Awarded since 1988, the prize has gone to Stephen King more often than to anyone else, and its winners run from The Silence of the Lambs and Peter Straub to Paul Tremblay and Stephen Graham Jones. Two years ended in a tie. This list collects the winning novels by the year the award was presented.

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