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The House
Paperback
Publisher: Oak & Flame Press
Published: Oct 10 2025
Pages: 314
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
After surviving a night when the village burned and the house itself seemed to breathe, Elspeth and Agnes flee the ruins believing they've starved its hunger for good. But the quiet that follows feels wrong-too still, too deliberate. In the fields below, cracks trace patterns through the earth, whispering of memory that refuses to die.
Haunted by the ledger her father left behind and the names carved into the walls, Elspeth begins to understand that what they fought was never only a house, but a language-a pattern that remembers every voice it has taken.
As the mist returns and the valley begins to pulse with an unfamiliar rhythm, Elspeth and Agnes must decide whether silence is safety-or the next form of the house's call.
Rich in atmosphere and lingering dread, The House is a gothic tale of inheritance, survival, and the peril of listening too closely. Because once a story learns to breathe, it never stops.
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