![]() ![]() A standout take on the classic haunted-house tale replete with surprises around every shadowy corner. Readers will be swept away immediately by the eerie setting, but it's Madeline's fighting will to survive that will keep them turning pages late into the night. Though only appearing intermittently, Roderick and her parents all cast long shadows, and the house is populated with compelling characters among the ghosts of Ushers past. "Griffin creates a thick, murky atmosphere within the walls of the House of Usher from the start, layering in chilling details as Madeline's situation becomes ever more dire. "The updated, supernatural spin will have savvy and reluctant readers hooked." In the end, can Madeline keep her own sanity and bring the house down? The Fall is a literary psychological thriller, reimagining Edgar Allan Poe’s classic THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER. Her only chance lies in destroying the house. Madeline’s life-revealed through short bursts of memory-has hinged around her desperate plan to escape, to save herself and her brother. Something is wrong with the familys blood - and it. Ushers can never leave their house, a house that haunts and is haunted, a house that almost seems to have a mind of its own. Madeline and her twin brother Roderick have the Usher name, the Usher house - and the Usher disease. She has spent her life fighting fate, and she thought she was succeeding. ![]()
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