The Rake

Do Not Pretend You're Asleep

von Edward Kress

396 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

IF YOU SEE IT IN THE CORNER, DO NOT PRETEND YOU ARE ASLEEP.Twelve-year-old Miles Carver is dead.His bedroom is soaked in blood. His body has been torn open. And written across his wall is a warning Sheriff Grant Halvey cannot explain.Something had been in the room with him.Something that watched from the corner.Something that knew when he closed his eyes.Then another house is attacked.And another.Soon the darkness beneath beds, inside closets, behind furniture, and in the forgotten corners of ordinary homes is no longer empty.The Rakes are coming.They imitate voices. They hide where people feel safest. They stalk children and adults alike, turning bedrooms into slaughterhouses and entire neighborhoods into hunting grounds.Halvey and the surviving officers quickly learn the rules.Keep the lights on.Watch the corners.Believe the children when they say something is there.And whatever happensDO NOT PRETEND YOU'RE ASLEEP.But the creatures are spreading faster than anyone can contain them, and surviving one night may only teach them how to make the next one worse.The Rake: Do Not Pretend You're Asleep is a brutal cryptid horror novel packed with graphic creature attacks, gore, mutilation, relentless tension, strong language, and nightmare-fuel supernatural horror.For readers who like their monsters vicious and their horror extreme.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798174037120
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published