A novel of transcendental horror and vengeance from the author ofΒ The WellΒ andΒ The Jonah Watch. In the heart of the deep south, where memories of a war long over still simmer, Dan McDowell is pursued by a chilling apparitionβthe spectral image of his great-grandfather... a family horror almost too awful to comprehend. Destined to learn the secret of his familyβs past, McDowell is constrained to repeatβin the name of honor and Southern chivalryβthe heinous crime of his ancestor, an act required, demanded by his ghost...