Discover the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 2 million copies sold

'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KING

As the dark and menacing waters of the local river submerge Perdido, a small town in the south of Alabama, the Caskeys - a family of rich landowners - must confront the tide of damage caused by the flood. Led by Mary-Love, the powerful matriarch, and by Oscar, her devoted son, the family must pick itself back up. But what they haven't anticipated is the sudden appearance of Elinor Dammert - a mysterious but seductive young woman with a troubling past. Her sole ambition appears to be to infiltrate the very heart of the Caskey clan...

'Beyond any trace of a doubt, one of the absolutely best writers of horror' Peter Straub

'One of the genre’s most underrated writers' Poppy Z. Brite

Riveting, terrifying, and just absolutely great ... Michael McDowell must now be regarded as the finest writer of paperback originals in America. * Stephen King *
One of the best writers of horror in this or any other country. * Peter Straub *
One of the genre’s most underrated writers. * Poppy Z. Brite *
[McDowell's] wonderful six volume 'Blackwater' saga chronicles a fifty year period in the lives of the Caskey family, whose women bear a strange affinity for running water, and whose vengeance knows no bounds…constructed for maximum page-turning efficiency. * Christopher Fowler *
Leaves you questioning exactly who, or what, could be living amongst us * Heat, Book of the Week *
Complex, literary, nuanced * SFF review *

Michael McDowell (Author)
MICHAEL MCDOWELL was born in 1950 in Alabama. His notable books include the gothic novels Gilded Needles, The Elementals, Katie, and the gothic horror saga, Blackwater, which has become a phenomenal bestseller across Europe and elsewhere. He was also a successful screenwriter for film and TV, including his scripts for Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice, Tales from the Crypt and The Nightmare Before Christmas. McDowell died in 1999. Tabitha King, wife of author Stephen King, completed his unfinished novel, Candles Burning.