The only other person who befriends her is Bettina Phillips, who lives in an old mansion known as Shutters because it was once the warden's house at the Shutters Lake Prison for the Insane. When Sarah starts school, the limp left over from the accident sets her apart from the rest of the students, and she makes only one friend: Nick Dunnigan, who has problems of his own, and has recently been released from a mental hospital. But it quickly becomes clear that this family has taken her in only for the money they get from the county. Waits for the._Brainchild_.Īfter teenager Sarah Crane is seriously injured by her alcoholic father, she is sent to live in a foster home. One hundred years ago in La Paloma, a terrible deed was done. If his parents, his friends, his girlfriend could see inside his brain, inside his dreams, they would be terrified. Until a brilliant doctor's medical miracle brought him back from the brink of death. From the PublisherĪlex Lonsdale was one of the most popular kids in La Paloma, California. that chanting, compelling voice he will follow faithfully beyond the edge of terror.Īlex Lonsdale was one of the most popular kids in La Paloma, California.

the voice that draws the boy into the shadowy depths of the old, crumbling, forbidden barn. Nathaniel-he is the voice that calls to young Michael Hall across the prairie night. some will learn that Nathaniel lives still-that he is darkly, horrifyingly real. Some swear he is a terrifying spirit returned to avenge the past. Some say he is a folktale, created to frighten children on cold winter nights. From the Publisherįor a hundred years, the people of Prairie Bend have whispered Nathaniel's name in wonder and fear. But soon, very soon, some will learn that Nathaniel lives still-that he is darkly, horrifyingly real. For 100 years, the people of Prairie Bend have whispered Nathaniel's name in wonder and fear.

Nathaniel by John Saul