<p><b>''It is almost impossible to put down'' - Lisa Tuttle, <i>GUARDIAN</i></b><br><br><b>''A stonking great slice of American folk horror: modern trauma layered with ancient evil'' - <i>DAILY MAIL</i></b><br><br>The ranch was our dream home. Nestled in the arms of a valley below the Teton mountains, acres upon acres of wilderness, our nearest neighbours over a mile away . . .<br><br>Beautiful, serene - isolated. <br><br>Perfect. Until, naturally, the only neighbours for miles turned out to be crazy and delivered us a dire warning: The valley is cursed. Every season a spirit will manifest itself in increasingly disturbing ways, starting with an eerie light in the pond, and will kill you if you don''t light a fire and-<br><br>We made them leave then. Put it to the back of our minds and went about living our new, nearly perfect, lives.<br><br>Then spring came, and so did the light . . .<br><br><b>With piercing psychological insight and a profound feeling for the natural world, <i>Old Co