Black River Orchard

A small town is transformed when seven strange trees begin bearing magical apples in this masterpiece of horror from the bestselling author of Wanderers and The Book of Accidents. ΓÇ£Chuck Wendig is one of my very favorite storytellers. Black River Orchard is a deep,darkluscious tale that creeps up on you and doesnΓÇÖt let go.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöErin Morgensternauthor of The Night Circus ItΓÇÖs autumn in the town of Harrowbut something besides the season is changing there. Because in that town there is an orchardand in that orchardseven most unusual trees. And from those trees grows a new sort of apple: strangebeautifulwith skin so red itΓÇÖs nearly black. Take a bite of one of these applesand you will desire only to devour another. And another. You will become stronger. More vital. More yourselfyou will believe. But then your appetite for the apples and their peculiar gifts will keep growingΓÇöand become darker. This is what happens when the townsfolk discover the secret of the orchard. Soon it seems that everyone is consumed by an obsession with the magic of the apples . . . and whatΓÇÖs the harmif it is making them all happiermore confidentmore powerful? Even if something else is buried in the orchard besides the seeds of these extraordinary trees: a bloody history whose roots reach back to the very origins of the town. But now the leaves are falling. The days grow darker. ItΓÇÖs harvest timeand the town will soon reap what it has sown.