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"SPINE-TINGLING!...A TRUE MASTER OF THE
GOTHIC NOVEL...MCCAMMON DOES A SUPERB
JOB OF CONTINUING THE TALE OF POE'S
FICTIONAL USHER FAMILY." - ALA Booklist
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THE HOUSE OF USHER IS BUILT ON DEATH
ITSELF - AND NOW IT HAS A NEW MASTER...
For generations the House of Usher has grown wealthier
and more powerful on the invention and sale of
murderous military weapons. But another evil has lived
and grown within the House of Usher - a legacy of
depravity and bloodshed that goes back generations, and
stains the hallways of the family mansion.
One young heir, Rix Usher, is reluctant to return home.
But the House of Usher has chosen him to take the reins
from his dying father... to learn the house's terrible
secrets. Joining in a ritual of fantastic evil, he will be
forced to unleash the dreadful powers of Usher....
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"ROBERT R. MCCAMMON MIXES MAGIC, GREED,
SOCIAL COMMENT, SUPERSTITION, AND THE
SUPERNATURAL IN HIS REMARKABLE FICTIVE
STEW." - Indianapolis Star
"A FRIGHTENING PLEASURE."
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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