From a New York Times bestselling author, a young boy is haunted by a voice in his head in this "epic horror" novel, perfect for fans of Stephen King (Dan Chaon, author of Ill Will). Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her seven year-old son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night. At first, the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. Then Christopher vanishes. Days later, he emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged. He returns with a voice in his head only he can hear, with a mission only he can complete: Build a treehouse in the woods by Christmas, or his mother and everyone in the town will never be the same again. Twenty years ago, Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower made readers everywhere feel infinite. Now, Chbosky has returned with an epic work of literary horror, years in the making, whose grand scale and rich emotion redefine the genre. Read it with the lights on. One of The Year's Best Books (People, EW, Lithub, Vox, Washington Post, and more)

青春小説の金字塔を打ち立てた著者による本作は、愛と恐怖が共鳴する異形の叙事詩です。単なるホラーを超え、少年の魂とそれを取り巻く心理的な闇を鮮烈に描写。静謐な文体から立ち上がる圧倒的スケールは、読者の理性を揺さぶり、日常の裏側に潜む深淵を鮮やかに突きつけます。 過酷な現実を生き抜く母子の絆が、超自然的な力に試される過程は圧巻です。信仰と犠牲、そして無垢な勇気が織りなす物語は、読み進めるほどに魂を浄化するような崇高な感動へと繋がります。緻密な恐怖の先にある、人間性の本質を問う文学的野心に満ちた傑作です。