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Follow the Rites…

Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake.

From Marcus Kliewer, a new ‘titan of the macabre and unsettling’ (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes a supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist, only to discover the position has consequences far greater-and more dangerous-than she ever could have imagined.

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY:
Caretaker urgently needed. Three days of work. Competitive pay. Serious applicants ONLY.

Macy Mullins can’t say why the job posting grabbed her attention-it had the pull of a fisherman’s lure, barbed hook and all-vaguely ominous. But after an endless string of failed job interviews, she’s not exactly in the position to be picky. She has rent to pay, groceries to buy, and a younger sister to provide for.

Besides, it’s only three days’ work…

Three days, cooped up in a stranger’s house, surrounded by Oregon Coast wilderness.

What starts as a peculiar side gig soon becomes a waking nightmare. An incomprehensible evil may dwell on this property-and Macy Mullins might just be the only thing standing between it, and the rest of humanity.

Follow the Rites…

Follow the Rites…

Follow the Rites…

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Publisher Review

A no-brakes plummet into madness. — ALMA KATSU * award winning author of Fiend * Disturbing and propulsive, THE CARETAKER is a gem of visually inspired Gothic storytelling. Marcus Kliewer takes a familiar horror premise and makes it his own, drawing you into a lucid nightmare of a novel. Keep the light on! — SCOTT CARSON * nationally bestselling author of Departure 37 * The homes Marcus Kliewer haunts aren’t merely filled with phantoms, but cerebral spirits and broken-hearted ghosts. THE CARETAKER is quite possibly the ultimate “don’t go in there” novel, offering up an apocalyptic final girl for the ages. This is a breakneck book, filled with razor-wire tension, where the reader runs the risk of losing their mind with every flip of the page. — CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN * author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes * Absolutely terrifying. Marcus Kliewer’s THE CARETAKER gripped me from the first page and didn’t let go. I couldn’t put it down. — BRANDON ELDRIDGE * author of The Establishment * Fast-moving dark ride of a book . . . [a] savage gut punch of an ending. Twisting
and turning but wasting no momentum, this book is for those who like their thriller stories
bowstring taut and their endings pitch black. * BOOKLIST *starred review * Totally up my street, hugely enjoyed. Vivid and compulsive in all its ratcheting dread. Cracking characterisation too. * Benedict Anning, author of Atomic Coffin * Praise for Marcus Kliewer’s WE USED TO LIVE HERE: * : * One of the creepiest stories I’ve ever read! This twisted tale will haunt my nightmares for a long time to come! * FREIDA McFADDEN, No.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid * Inventive and genuinely scary, We Used to Live Here is the most impressive horror debut I’ve read in a long time. Marcus Kliewer is a talent to watch. * ALMA KATSU, bestselling author of The Hunger * There is a feeling that a small number of books conjure. It can be distilled to: Oh god, something ain’t right here. Their hallmark is a creeping, unaccountable, jangly dread that seeps into their pages until you almost wish you could stop reading-but of course, it’s too late. You’re in its grip. We Used to Live Here is one of those rare books. * NICK CUTTER, bestselling author of The Troop *