<p>Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel ¿ Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel ¿ A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Pick!<br><b><br>From Catriona Ward, author of <i>The Last House on Needless Street</i>, comes a heart-pounding tale of faith and family, with a devastating twist</b><br><br><i>¿A great day is upon us. He is coming. The world will be washed away.¿</i><br><br>On the wind-battered isle of Altnaharra, off the wildest coast of Scotland, a clan prepares to bring about the end of the world and its imminent rebirth.<br><br>The Adder is coming and one of their number will inherit its powers. They all want the honor, but young Eve is willing to do anything for the distinction.<br><br>A reckoning beyond Eve¿s imagination begins when Chief Inspector Black arrives to investigate a brutal murder and their sacred ceremony goes terribly wrong.<br><br>And soon all the secrets of Altnaharra will be uncovered.</p>