num_pages: 895
description: Michael McDowell was proclaimed the finest writer of paperback originals in America by Stephen King and one of the best writers of horror in this country by Peter Straub.Now McDowells masterpiecethe serial novel Blackwaterreturns to thrill and terrify a new generation of readers with all six volumes available for the first time as a single e-book.Featuring an insightful new introduction by John Langan Blackwater traces more than fifty years in the lives of the powerful Caskey family of Perdido Alabama under the influence of the mysterious and beautifulbut not quite humanElinor Dammert.The Flood heralds the arrival of a visitor who will change the Caskey familyand the townforeverWhen the town builds The Levee it proves a vain attempt to control a horrific power that can never be containedThe House hides terrible secrets that whisper in closed rooms and scrabble at locked doorsThe War reveals family secrets more deadly and devastating than anything Perdido has ever dreamed in its deepest nightmaresThe Fortune brings happiness and powerbut even greater terrorAnd finally the mysterious saga of the Caskey family ends the only way it canin terrible judgment and fury delivered under the cover of a relentless earth-shattering Rain.Will Errickson (Too Much Horror Fiction) writes Michael McDowell has written a rich layered historical novel with many Southern Gothic touches filled out with memorable characters and satisfying moments of death and shock.
language: English
title: Blackwater: The Complete Caskey Family Saga
publisher: Tough Times Publishing