<p><em>One of the Twelve Best Indie Horror Books of 2023 - The Lineup</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Nebraska city, 1901.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">There's a curse on Arbor Lodge-an elusive demon reclaiming the illustrious home in the name of the prairie-and its owner,&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">J. Sterling Morton, proud statesman, is desperate.&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">It couldn't be more fortuitous for lumberjack Neville, whose greatest desire is to prove himself a true man to the world.&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Morton offers respect, security, pride, even the father figure Neville never had; and all the lumberjack has to do is find and kill this creature.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">There's no doubt in Neville's mind that he deserves to rise to the status of legend. He will prevail. It's in his blood.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Or else, his blood will be in the prairie.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>