VERVAIN HOLLOW
"Profoundly unsettling, like a nightmare from which you can't seem to wake. Silvey explores the depths of desire, loneliness, and obsessive control—all told through the framework of a supernatural monster, and the young humans he draws into his web."
Sunyi Dean, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book Eaters
"A dark and mind-bending tale with an atmosphere of mounting claustrophobia, Vervain Hollow is a brilliantly-paced gothic cult horror which poses the question: is it better to accept reality, however cold, or sink into the pleasure of beautiful lies, and can we always trust ourselves to tell the difference?"
Marianne Gordon, author of The Raven's Trade duology
Two years ago, Laura was in a cult. But when the sprawling house in the hollow burned down with Vervain, their strikingly handsome and magnetic leader, trapped inside, Laura had nowhere to go but home. Brokenhearted, she finds herself longing for their lost leader—despite the trauma of that strange and terrifying year, she knows the power he promised her was real.
But then her estranged friend, Aliyah, calls to tell her that Daniel, one of the other acolytes, has gone back to the hollow and found Vervain still there. As Laura and Aliyah venture back to the house of their nightmares to find the truth, Laura soon realizes that not everything she remembers can be trusted—and that the darkness will do anything to get her back.