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Norman's Descent
Paperback
Series: The Shadows of Haven, Book 1
Publisher Price: $16.99
Publisher: White Stone Press
Published: Jul 7 2026
Pages: 286
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In the shadow of a crumbling amusement park, one man's quest for peace becomes a terrifying supernatural descent into the haunted underworld. Perfect for fans of Stephen King's eerie isolation and Neil Gaiman's mythic chills, Norman's Descent is a gripping modern Orpheus myth that weaves existential philosophy with pulse-pounding philosophical horror.
Norman Oswald, a brilliant but broken university professor, arrives at Castaway Cove not as a caretaker, but as a ghost in his own life. His first book revolutionized philosophy. His second? It's his final act. Amid the rusted Ferris wheels and whispering boardwalks, he plans to finish his masterpiece--and end it all. But winter's chill brings more than frost: the faint echoes of his daughter's laughter, a spectral pull toward the shadows, and whispers of a sinister plot brewing in the realm of the dead.
Is it grief's cruel trick, or something far darker? As Norman unravels the veil between worlds, he confronts the Ringmaster--a timeless trickster straight from folklore's nightmares--and questions that cut to the core: What is love when it lingers beyond the grave? How do we reclaim family from the jaws of loss? In this haunted underworld adventure, every creak of the midway hides a truth that could shatter--or save--him.
More than a grief and redemption story, Norman's Descent is an existential ghost story that lingers like a half-remembered dream. It challenges you to ponder life's fragile edges, while delivering razor-sharp suspense. Critics call it a thriller wrapped around soul nourishment--clever, learned, and impossible to put down.
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