Blood Kin (34 page)
It was possible she was dead. Death was always possible, even for the likes of them. He hoped she wasn’t, because he loved her dearly. He’d never thought to swap her, but the universe didn’t much care what an old person thought, or what anyone thought for that matter. He sure didn’t want a change now. Change was hard.
Something bad had happened back there. Addie had felt it more than he and that’s what put her down. Feeling was a burden, but it made them a might better than snakes in the ground.
In a few hours he would stop and try to wake her. He would bide his time until then. And then he would find out if he was the last one.
THIS IS THE HOTEL WHERE OUR NIGHTMARES GO...
It’s where horrors come to be themselves, and the dead pause to rest between worlds. Recently widowed and unemployed, Richard Carter finds a new job, and a new life for him and his daughter Serena, as manager of the mysterious Deadfall Hotel. Jacob Ascher, the caretaker, is there to show Richard the ropes, and to tell him the many rules and traditions, but from the beginning, their new world haunts and transforms them.
It’s a terrible place. As the seasons pass, the supernatural and the sublime become a part of life, as routine as a morning cup of coffee, but it’s not
safe
, by any means. Deadfall Hotel is where Richard and Serena will rebuild the life that was taken from them... if it doesn’t kill them first.
‘Tem’s
Deadfall Hotel
makes
The Shining
’s Overlook Hotel look like Butlins. Eerie, disturbing and yet strangely touching, you’ll check in but may never check out.’
Christopher Fowler, bestselling author of the Bryant and May Mysteries and
Hell Train
‘Rasnic Tem is at the height of his powers with this effort.’
Fearnet.com
‘Truly brilliant.’
Denver Post
‘Steve Rasnic Tem is a school of writing unto himself.’
Joe R. Lansdale
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