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Blackwater
Michael McDowell · Horror · 800 pages
40 Pulse Score
Based on recommendations from independent creators
gothic atmospheredark academiasmall town
gothicdark academia
🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
#171 All Time
About this book
On the crest of the worst flood that Perdido, Alabama has ever seen, the mysterious Elinor Dammart is rescued from the topmost room of a flooded hotel. Soon Elinor marries her way into the powerful Caskey family, where she brings them wealth and prosperity...but also animosity and death. Blackwater tells the story of fifty years of the Caskey dynasty, and how the Perdido River seems to run eerily through the family's fate.
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