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It's been four years in prison since Jade Daniels last saw her hometown of Proofrock, Idaho, the day she took the fall, protecting her friend Letha and her family from incrimination. Since then, her reputation, and the town, have changed dramatically. There's a lot of unfinished business in Proofrock, from serial killer cultists to the rich trying to buy Western authenticity. But there's one aspect of Proofrock no one wants to confront...until Jade comes back to town. The curse of the Lake Witch is waiting, and now is the time for the final stand.
New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones has crafted an epic horror trilogy of generational trauma from the Indigenous to the townies rooted in the mountains of Idaho. It is the story of the American west written in blood.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781797170800
- File size: 475653 KB
- Duration: 16:30:56
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- English
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Starred review from January 29, 2024
Jones (Don’t Fear the Reaper) brings his Jade Daniels trilogy to a bloody end in this riotously entertaining tale. It’s 2023, eight years after 17-year-old slasher movie aficionado Jade was both unable to save her hometown of Proofrock, Idaho, from the gruesome events now remembered as the Independence Day Massacre and unjustly imprisoned as the perpetrator of the bloodbath. Older and wiser, Jade’s working as a history teacher at her old high school in Proofrock when things start going to hell in a handbasket again: more local teenagers turn up slaughtered, a raging fire consumes the forest surrounding town, and a spectral figure dubbed “the Angel” haunts the shores of the lake that town fathers dammed up to submerge the original settlement on which Proofrock was founded. Jones weaves in plenty of clues and red herrings to keep the reader guessing just who is responsible for all the mayhem before igniting a climax that plays out like a horror film library exploding its holdings in a fiery spectacular. At the center of it all is Jade, a descendant of the Indigenous tribes displaced by Proofrock’s settlers who embraces her outsider status and plays the perfect guide through this tale’s weird terrain. This is a worthy finale to a series that has expanded the horizons of contemporary horror. Agent: BJ Robbins, BJ Robbins Literary. -
In this trilogy, which uses the horror genre to explore generational trauma, Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota actor Isabella Star LaBlanc leads an ensemble cast. Listeners return to Proofrock, Idaho, "murder capital of America." Voicing first-person narrator Jade "Slasher Girl" Daniels, LaBlanc walks the knife edge between anguish and rage as the young Blackfeet woman confronts a third massacre, never losing hold of the character's mordant sense of humor. Interleaved with Jade's account of the bloodbath are hilariously fussy reports on Jade's actions from a private investigator--neatly captured by Andrew J. Robinson. As the bodies fall, the mysteries untwist and retwist, with Jade striving to protect those she loves. Stephen King makes a delightful cameo; author Jones (who's also Blackfeet) delivers the final perfect chapter. Full of heart--and blood. V.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine -
Starred review from June 1, 2024
The final, pulse-pounding chapter in Jones's "Indian Lake" trilogy picks up in October 2023, four years after the events of Don't Fear the Reaper After being released from prison, Jade Daniels, a devotee of the slasher genre, returns to her hometown of Proofrock, ID. Much like Jade, the townspeople are trying to heal from the events of the last book, but the horrors beneath the lake's surface are rising from the depths, and Jade must make her final stand to stop the evil once and for all. Jones's story uses his encyclopedic knowledge of the slasher movie by dropping several bloody Easter eggs while digging deep into the effects of generational trauma most slashers avoid. Battle-tested through the last two books, Jade emerges as a woman who is brave but fearful and broken, although not yet shattered. A full cast of brilliant narrators portrays characters that listeners will perceive as real, making the wounds these characters receive, especially the fatal ones, cut deep. VERDICT If this book and the trilogy are Jones's love letter to the slasher genre, it could just as easily make other readers fall in love with it too.--James Gardner
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