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Elias
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 21 2025
Pages: 382
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.95 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
This book is emotionally cruel in a controlled way.
Elias is a slow-burn psychological horror about control, identity erasure, and survival - where fear comes not from violence, but from silence, obedience, and the gradual loss of self.
Reader Praise
Deeply unsettling, beautifully written, and emotionally intelligent.It reads like literary horror wearing a psychological thriller's skin.
The atmosphere is suffocating. The house feels disturbingly alive.
I didn't feel entertained. I felt affected.
He said it was an accident.
A storm. A slip. A single mistake that stole his daughter's life.
But grief became something else. Something darker.
Grief built the monster. Love keeps it alive.
Now, hidden inside an isolated house, women disappear without a trace.
Each one is measured. Each one is tested. Each one is remade.
He tells himself it is love. He tells himself it is redemption.
When Ada wakes in a cage surrounded by strangers,
she finds herself trapped inside a house governed by rules, rituals, and impossible expectations.
Failure is not forgiven. Silence is survival.
And the walls seem to remember the women who came before her.
As the truth behind the house begins to unfold, Ada discovers that the man holding them captive is not driven by hatred. He is trying to rebuild what he lost.
And some obsessions refuse to die.
Some fathers can't let go. Some daughters don't get to leave.
The horror comes from the silence and the crushing weight of obedience.Dark psychological horror themes, captivity, violence, and coercion. Detailed list included in the book.
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