The Calling

A Supernatural Thriller

Author: Robert Swartwood
Length: 300 page(s)
Written: Apr 2011
Sales Rank: -
Views: 557

When eighteen-year-old Christopher Myers’ parents are murdered, something is written on his bedroom door, a mark in his parents’ blood that convinces the police the killer has targeted Christopher as the next victim. To keep him safe, he travels away with his estranged grandmother and uncle to the small town of Bridgton, New York. And it’s in Bridgton that he meets an extraordinary young man who has come with his father to stop an unrelenting evil. Soon Christopher learns of the town’s deep dark secret, and how his parents’ murder was no accident, and how he has been brought to Bridgton by forces beyond his power—forces that just may threaten the destruction of all mankind.

THE CALLING is a 100,000-word supernatural thriller in the vein of Peter Straub and Dean Koontz.

Advance Praise for THE CALLING:

“THE CALLING is a powerful, gripping and terrifying novel, the sort that possesses your whole life while you’re reading it; it’ll stalk you through the day, and inform your dreams. Swartwood has delivered a novel that will become a classic.”

— Tim Lebbon

“Robert Swartwood’s THE CALLING is a diabolical rocket sled of a psychological thriller. Told through the vivid, almost druggy point of view of a young man on the edge, tangled in a web of tragedy and surreal horror, Swartwood’s novel gets under the skin and stays there. Highly recommended.”

— Jay Bonansinga

BONUS CONTENT: A special sneak preview of Robert Swartwood's forthcoming zombie thriller THE DISHONORED DEAD.

About the Author

Robert Swartwood
Member since: Apr 2011
Publications on XinXii:  2

Robert Swartwood was born in 1981. His work has appeared in such places as The Daily Beast, The Los Angeles Review, Postscripts, ChiZine, Space and Time, and PANK. He is the editor of Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer. Visit him online at www.robertswartwood.com.

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