Sarah Crowe left Atlanta, and the remnants of a tumultuous relationship, to live alone in an old house in rural Rhode Island. Within its walls she discovers an unfinished manuscript written by the house's former tenant-a parapsychologist obsessed with the ancient oak growing on a desolate corner of the property. And as the gnarled tree takes root in her imagination, Sarah risks her health and her sanity to unearth a revelation planted centuries ago...
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### Review
"[Caitlfn R. Kiernan has] a gift for language that borders on the scary."
-Neil Gaiman
### About the Author
Caitlin R. Kiernan is the author of nine novels, including *Silk, Threshold, Low Red Moon, Murder of Angels, Daughter of Hounds*, and *The Red Tree*. Her award-winning short fiction has been collected in six volumes, including *Tales of Pain and Wonder; To Charles Fort, With Love; Alabaster;* and, most recently, *A is for Alien*. She has also published two volumes of erotica, *Frog Toes and Tentacles* and *Tales from the Woeful Platypus*. Trained as a vertebrate paleontologist, she currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Sarah Crowe left Atlanta, and the remnants of a tumultuous relationship, to live alone in an old house in rural Rhode Island. Within its walls she discovers an unfinished manuscript written by the house's former tenant-a parapsychologist obsessed with the ancient oak growing on a desolate corner of the property. And as the gnarled tree takes root in her imagination, Sarah risks her health and her sanity to unearth a revelation planted centuries ago... ** ### Review "[Caitlfn R. Kiernan has] a gift for language that borders on the scary." -Neil Gaiman ### About the Author Caitlin R. Kiernan is the author of nine novels, including *Silk, Threshold, Low Red Moon, Murder of Angels, Daughter of Hounds*, and *The Red Tree*. Her award-winning short fiction has been collected in six volumes, including *Tales of Pain and Wonder; To Charles Fort, With Love; Alabaster;* and, most recently, *A is for Alien*. She has also published two volumes of erotica, *Frog Toes and Tentacles* and *Tales from the Woeful Platypus*. Trained as a vertebrate paleontologist, she currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island.