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The Darkness of Thorne House
Book One of The Maplewood Horrors

The house is awake. The Ferryman is hunting. And the bloodline of witches is calling them home.
For thirty years, the town of Maplewood, Maine, has buried its darkest secrets, but six brave souls rose against a coven of witches and warlocks and burned them into legend. But evil doesn’t die.
It waits.

Thorne House—the coven’s decaying lair—stirs. Whispers echo through the woods. Shadows stalk the dreams of the living. And something ancient has returned to finish what was started.
When sixteen-year-old twins Jenny and Nicholas Rickman move into Maplewood, they think they’re escaping their past. Instead, they’re running straight into it. Because they’re not just new in town—they’re the last heirs of the Ashbourne line, an infamous bloodline tied to the town’s most horrifying history. And Thorne House knows they’re here.

As Jenny deteriorates—rapidly aging from a supernatural force within the house—Nicholas is hunted by the Ferryman, a demonic entity with blood-red eyes and a vendetta that spans generations. What begins as flickers of horror turns into a full-blown nightmare as the twins, along with siblings Caleb and Florence Carlisle and their haunted friend Eddie, are dragged into a war that never ended… only lies dormant.

As murders mount and ancient symbols appear, the original Secret Six are forced out of hiding. But the darkness has already rooted itself deep into Maplewood—and it wants the Ashbourne twins most of all.

With a grandmother harbouring secrets, a warlock clawing his way back from the grave, and a demon living between sleep and death, the fight to survive becomes a race against time. If the house takes Jenny, the Ferryman wins. If Nicholas breaks, the town burns.

Sinister, atmospheric, and unrelenting, The Darkness of Thorne House is a haunting new gothic horror thriller in which cursed bloodlines, demonic nightmares, and buried magic collide. It is perfect for fans of Stephen King, The Haunting of Hill House, and The Conjuring universe.

The house is hungry. The Ferryman is watching. And the Ashbourne twins are just the beginning.