Tyson Parks is a famous horror author with many bestsellers. But lately he feels old and frustrated and cannot come up with a good story. Money is running out and he needs inspiration. Sarah, the love of his life, gives him an antique desk for his 59th birthday to inspire him. And HO. LEE. MO. LEE. things go bad quickly.

The desk is also being sought by a mysterious woman, as it is an alter used for centuries for her family’s dark arts.

This book is very well written. Every word is precise and weighty and ominous. Fracassi creates Tyson and Sarah’s characters so easily, quickly engaging the reader with their congenial home life and ordinary worries. But then the desk arrives and WOW, the book darkens so quickly and so powerfully.

Scary SCARY stuff begins to happen, as the desk begins to wield it’s power and manipulate Tyson.

Fracassi is a grifted horror writer and I will look for more of his work.