Sundial

Catriona Ward

Mar 2022 · Sold by Tor Nightfire

About this ebook

“DO NOT MISS THIS BOOK. Authentically terrifying.” —Stephen King

WINNER of Best Hardcover Novel at the ITW Thriller Awards • Finalist for the Bram Stoker and Locus Awards • Shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel • LibraryReads Top 10 Pick • A GoodReads Choice Award Finalist for Best Horror!

Sharp as a snakebite, Sundial is a gripping novel about the secrets we bury from the ones we love most, from Catriona Ward, the author of The Last House on Needless Street.

Rob has spent her life running from Sundial, the family’s ranch deep in the Mojave Desert, and her childhood memories.

But she’s worried about her daughter, Callie, who collects animal bones and whispers to imaginary friends. It reminds her of a darkness that runs in her family, and Rob knows it’s time to return.

Callie is terrified of her mother. Rob digs holes in the backyard late at night, and tells disturbing stories about growing up on the ranch. Soon Callie begins to fear that only one of them will leave Sundial alive...

“This book will haunt you.”—Alex Michaelides, New York Times bestselling author

"An unthinkable feat." —The New York Times Book Review


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Ratings and reviews

Phenomenal! Beautiful prose, creepy setting, macabre themes and a deep dark dive into motherhood, sisterhood and the terrible things we can do to protect one another. Highly recommend

Great beginning and end. Long, boring middle. 3.5 / 5. Definitely some messed up things going on in this book.

About the author

CATRIONA WARD was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. She studied English at the University of Oxford, and later, completed a Creative Writing Masters at the University of East Anglia. Ward won the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel for her debut, The Girl from Rawblood, and again for Little Eve, making her the first woman to win the prize twice. Little Eve also won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel. Ward is the internationally bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street.