The Valley

For the people of Corvin Valley, a small and secluded region within the Appalachian Mountains, life is slow and simple. Graham Stevens and Quinn Arnolds are teenagers falling in love for the first time, Father Wade Northrup and Sheriff Michael Leighton are both men trying to move on from sordid pasts and live righteous lives, and Adelaide Lewis is a lonely woman in search of love and a place within her world. But when a tragic accident occurs in the valley, these five people are forever changed as their paths become inextricably linked and they are confronted with their deepest secrets and fears, while being forced to reconcile their actions. The Valley explores the sometimes dark nature of love and family, and shows how hope can often be found in the unlikeliest of places. "Reading Brandon Daily's The Valley is like spending a hot summer night in some uneasy Faulknerian backwater damp with melancholy and sad longings, but also smoldering with suspense and dark secrets. This well-crafted novel is sure to be one of the year's best." —Donald Ray Pollock Author of The Heavenly Table and The Devil All the Time