Wicker Man meets Final Destination in Jennifer Thorne's atmospheric,
unsettling folk horror novel about love, duty, and community.
On the idyllic island of Lute, every seventh summer, seven people die. No
more, no less.
Lute and its inhabitants are blessed, year after year, with good weather, good
health, and good fortune. They live a happy, superior life, untouched by the
war that rages all around them. So it's only fair that every seven years, on the
day of the tithe, the island's gift is honored.
Nina Treadway is new to The Day. A Florida girl by birth, she became a Lady
through her marriage to Lord Treadway, whose family has long protected the
island. Nina's heard about The Day, of course. Heard about the horrific
tragedies, the lives lost, but she doesn't believe in it. It's all superstitious
nonsense. Stories told to keep newcomers at bay and youngsters in line.
Then The Day begins. And it's a day of nightmares, of grief, of reckoning. But
it is also a day of community. Of survival and strength. Of love, at its most
pure and untamed. When The Day ends, Nina - and Lute - will never be the
same.
An NPR's Best SFF & Speculative Fiction Book of 2022
The novel's pages are dotted with gore and loss, sure to (...)
Jennifer Thorne is the author of The Wrong Side of Right, The Inside of Out,
and Night Music . An NYU-Tisch grad with a BFA in Drama, she lives in
Gloucestershire, England with her dashing husband, two bold sons, and trusty
hound.
Tor
On Sale: Oct 3/23
5.38 x 8.25 • 288 pages
9781250826107 • $25.99 • pb
Fiction / Horror