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Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

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#5560 of 8,085 books · #125 in Romantasy

Shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel (2024).

Boys in the Valley won an Esquire Best Horror Book of 2023 award and was a British Fantasy Award finalist for Best Horror Novel. St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Early twentieth century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Here, under the watchful eyes of several priests, thirty boys work, learn, and worship. Peter Barlow, orphaned as a child by a gruesome murder, has made a new life here. As he approaches adulthood, he has friends, a future...a family. Then, late one stormy night, a group of men arrive at their door, one of whom is badly wounded, occult symbols carved into his flesh. His death releases an ancient evil that spreads like sickness, infecting St. Vincent's and the children within. Soon, boys begin acting differently, forming groups. Taking sides. Others turn up dead. Now Peter and those dear to him must choose sides of their own, each of them knowing their lives — and perhaps their eternal souls — are at risk.

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Publisher
Orbit Books
ISBN-13
9781250879042
Topics
Coming of agePossession and demonic evilOrphans and found family

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