Synopsis:

When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania.

What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a mysterious malady of the nerves.

Aided by a redoubtable British mycologist and a baffled American doctor, Alex must unravel the secret of the House of Usher before it consumes them all.

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What To Expect:

This book is a horror novella that is a retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of The House of User.” It is a short and creepy read with transgender rep.

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Content Warnings:

Language: Mild to Moderate

Sexual Content: None

Violence: Moderate – War themes, animal injuries, gore, suicide

Substance Use: Moderate to Heavy – Alcohol

Prejudices: Mild – Sexism

Religious Themes: None

Other Topics: Mental illness

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