The House of All Sorrows
Richard Gadz
Published -
Genre - Classic horror & ghost stories
Format - Paperback
FROM THE WINNER OF THE NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR HORROR AND THE BIBAr AWARD FOR PARANORMAL FICTION COMES ANOTHER BLOOD-STAINED PAGE IN THE "GOTHICS UNDEAD" SERIESFrederick and Lady Violet Jekyll cordially invite youto a celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee,June 1897Jekyll is a man with a horrible, guilty secret. The results of the sinister experiments he conducts in the basement of Westwych House, the Jekylls' country home in Somerset, are known only to a handful of people. All his family ever see is a dedicated scientist. All his servants ever hear are screams in the dead of night. As guests gather for a genteel weekend, a web of events entangles a young historian in local legends of monsters and werewolves, and Frederick Jekyll's nightmare past prepares to wreak bloody revenge on everyone present at Westwych House. The House Of All Sorrows is a gothic chiller weaving elements of classics by Robert Louis Stevenson and H.G.Wells into a grisly, emotive story about eco-ethics and the endurance of love.
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