The Loney

The eerie, suspenseful debut novel hailed by Stephen King as ''an amazing piece of fiction'' and taking the world by storm.

When the remains of a young child are discovered during a winter storm on a stretch of the bleak Lancashire coastline known as the Loney, a man named Smith is forced to confront the terrifying and mysterious events that occurred forty years earlier when he visited the place as a boy. At that time, his mother was determined to find healing for his disabled older brother. And so the family embarked on an Easter pilgrimage to an ancient shrine. The two brothers then found their lives were tangled up with a glamorous couple staying at a nearby house, and they became involved in more troubling rites. Smith feels he is the only one who knows the truth, and he must bear the burden of his knowledge -- no matter the cost.