A chilling tale set in the Civil War-era South, Beneath Ash and Bone delivers a classic macabre backdrop replete with well-seasoned, realistic characters and harsh environment, but where many historical horrors/thrillers bog down in rustic detail description and cliché, this one comes to life with Mr. Ward’s incredible gift for voice and experience.
CS Nelson – 5 star review
Selburn, Virginia: A quiet backwater town nestled among the Blue Ridge Mountains. In the days before the Civil War, Sam Lock keeps the peace as the town sheriff, like his father before him.
That peace is shattered during a raging winter storm when a boy goes missing at Evermore, the sprawling estate of the Crownhill family. Racing against time and the elements, Sam must mount a desperate search for the child—but what he finds in the snow, and the dark halls of Evermore, are madness … and murder.
As Sam searches for truth in a house poisoned by mysteries and haunted by ghosts, he hopes to weather the storm, but the harrowing secrets he uncovers may prove too terrible to bear. Will he escape with his sanity intact or will the dark presence rumored to hold sway over Evermore claim him as another sacrifice?
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