A hundred years ago, in what is now called Old Tuonela, a killer known as the Pale Immortal walked the streets. When darkness fell children were rushed inside, doors and windows locked up tight. Some claimed the Pale Immortal bathed in blood, and that blood flooded the streets until the ground became saturated. Even after the Pale Immortal's reign of terror ended, people were afraid. His death had come too late.
Many claimed the ground was cursed, and so a mass exodus took place. Every single person relocated to a new development five miles from the old one. A better location, they claimed. And prettier. On a bluff overlooking the river. Why had anyone settled at the old place, in such a dark valley?
Let's pretend Old Tuonela doesn't exist. Let's pretend we always lived here, in the new place.
Even though a hundred years has passed, many locals still like to pretend Old Tuonela isn't just beyond the outskirts of town where the softly rolling hills end abruptly, the valleys become dark and deep, and the roads turn back on themselves.
Look closely through the trees and you might see it on the other side of the Tuonela River.
Book description: The sleepy town of Tuonela, Wisconsin, is known for one thing: the killer who stalked its streets one hundred years ago, drinking the blood of his victims. And when the drained corpse of a young girl is found, the citizens fear their past has risen from the grave -- and point their fingers at one man.... Evan Stroud can never see the light of day. The prisoner of a strange and terrible disease, he lives in tragic solitude, taunted for being a "vampire" --until the son he never knew he had shows up in Tuonela, and is drawn into its depraved, vampire-obsessed underworld. Then Evan must rely on his childhood friend, coroner Rachel Burton, for help. But the evil that they face is powerful and elusive -- and about to take them to the very edge of madness.
Praise for Pale Immortal: "Easily the best work I've read in 2006. This is just simply a masterpiece." -- Maximum Horrors "Anne Frasier has written a very scary novel with Gothic and supernatural overtones... This is a stupendous work, and worthy of an award nomination." -- The Best Reviews
"Frasier is an expert at haunting the reader... Pale Immortal is the kind that lingers. The characters are rich, complex. The story is masterfully spun." Spinetingler Magazine
"Frasier is creepy, compelling, and often brilliant." J.A. Konrath
About Anne:
Anne Frasier (a.k.a. Theresa Weir)is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author. Her books have spanned the genres of suspense, mystery, thriller, romantic suspense, paranormal, and memoir. and have been printed in both hardcover and paperback and translated into twenty languages. Her memoir, The Orchard, was a 2011 Oprah Magazine Fall Pick, Number Two on the Indie Next list, a featured B+ review in Entertainment Weekly, and a Librarians’ Best Books of 2011. Writing as Theresa Weir, she won a RITA for romantic suspense (COOL SHADE), and a year later the Daphne du Maurier for paranormal romance (BAD KARMA). In her more recent Anne Frasier career, her thriller and suspense titles hit the USA Today list (HUSH, SLEEP TIGHT, PLAY DEAD) and were featured in Mystery Guild, Literary Guild, and Book of the Month Club. HUSH was both a RITA and Daphne du Maurier finalist. Frasier served as hardcover judge for the Thriller presented by International Thriller Writers, and was guest of honor at the Diversicon 16 conference held in Minneapolis in 2008.
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Review
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR RITA AWARD AUTHOR~~~ * Anne Frasier delivers thoroughly engrossing, completely riveting suspense. -- Lisa Gardner*
"We get murders,kidnappings, town secrets a plenty, and of course a good bit of supernaturalphenomenon. It all adds up to one helluva horror novel, easily the best workI've read in 2006. Frasier is a master storyteller, really painting new Tuonelawith rain swept streets and foggy twilights. As we see Stroud struggle withhis disease, she also shows us the heartbreaking side of Graham's broken home.By injecting hope, a bit of romance, and the need to save these characters, sheresorts to breathtaking storytelling that is both moving and jolting.
The Last Line - This is just simply a masterpiece. I can't waitfor the sequel so I can walk Tuonela's streets again. *Maximum Horrors*
I was hooked from the first page andburned through it like Sherman through Georgia. She captures the empty,dreamlike feel of a small town at night, the isolated loneliness of a man, EvanStroud, confined to the dark by a disease that prevents him from going out intothe sun, and the confusion and turmoil of his teenage son, Graham, who has onlynow met his father.
An excellent novel that I can'trecommend enough.Stephen Blackmoore
" Pale Immortal is the kind thatlingers. The characters are rich,complex. The story is masterfullyspun.* The deeper issues at play inthe book resonate. I'm betting this book will be on my top ten readsof 2006." Spinetingler Magazine*
About the Author
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR RITA AWARD AUTHOR
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Anne Frasier is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her award-winning books span the genres of suspense, mystery, thriller, romantic suspense, paranormal, and memoir. She won a RITA for romantic suspense, and the Daphne du Maurier Award for paranormal romance. Her thrillers have hit the USA Today list and have been featured in Mystery Guild, Literary Guild, and Book of the Month Club. Her memoir, The Orchard , was an O, The Oprah Magazine Fall Pick; a One Book, One Community read; a B+ review in Entertainment Weekly; and a Librarians' Best Books of 2011. She divides her time between the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and her writing studio in rural Wisconsin.
Description:
Book One of the Tuonela Duology
The legend:
A hundred years ago, in what is now called Old Tuonela, a killer known as the Pale Immortal walked the streets. When darkness fell children were rushed inside, doors and windows locked up tight. Some claimed the Pale Immortal bathed in blood, and that blood flooded the streets until the ground became saturated.
Even after the Pale Immortal's reign of terror ended, people were afraid. His death had come too late.
Many claimed the ground was cursed, and so a mass exodus took place. Every single person relocated to a new development five miles from the old one. A better location, they claimed. And prettier. On a bluff overlooking the river. Why had anyone settled at the old place, in such a dark valley?
Let's pretend Old Tuonela doesn't exist. Let's pretend we always lived here, in the new place.
Even though a hundred years has passed, many locals still like to pretend Old Tuonela isn't just beyond the outskirts of town where the softly rolling hills end abruptly, the valleys become dark and deep, and the roads turn back on themselves.
Look closely through the trees and you might see it on the other side of the Tuonela River.
Book description:
The sleepy town of Tuonela, Wisconsin, is known for one thing: the killer who stalked its streets one hundred years ago, drinking the blood of his victims. And when the drained corpse of a young girl is found, the citizens fear their past has risen from the grave -- and point their fingers at one man.... Evan Stroud can never see the light of day. The prisoner of a strange and terrible disease, he lives in tragic solitude, taunted for being a "vampire" --until the son he never knew he had shows up in Tuonela, and is drawn into its depraved, vampire-obsessed underworld. Then Evan must rely on his childhood friend, coroner Rachel Burton, for help. But the evil that they face is powerful and elusive -- and about to take them to the very edge of madness.
Praise for Pale Immortal:
"Easily the best work I've read in 2006. This is just simply a masterpiece." -- Maximum Horrors
"Anne Frasier has written a very scary novel with Gothic and supernatural overtones... This is a stupendous work, and worthy of an award nomination." -- The Best Reviews
"Frasier is an expert at haunting the reader... Pale Immortal is the kind that lingers. The characters are rich, complex. The story is masterfully spun." Spinetingler Magazine
"Frasier is creepy, compelling, and often brilliant." J.A. Konrath
About Anne:
Anne Frasier (a.k.a. Theresa Weir)is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author. Her books have spanned the genres of suspense, mystery, thriller, romantic suspense, paranormal, and memoir. and have been printed in both hardcover and paperback and translated into twenty languages. Her memoir, The Orchard, was a 2011 Oprah Magazine Fall Pick, Number Two on the Indie Next list, a featured B+ review in Entertainment Weekly, and a Librarians’ Best Books of 2011. Writing as Theresa Weir, she won a RITA for romantic suspense (COOL SHADE), and a year later the Daphne du Maurier for paranormal romance (BAD KARMA). In her more recent Anne Frasier career, her thriller and suspense titles hit the USA Today list (HUSH, SLEEP TIGHT, PLAY DEAD) and were featured in Mystery Guild, Literary Guild, and Book of the Month Club. HUSH was both a RITA and Daphne du Maurier finalist. Frasier served as hardcover judge for the Thriller presented by International Thriller Writers, and was guest of honor at the Diversicon 16 conference held in Minneapolis in 2008.
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Review
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR
RITA AWARD AUTHOR ~~~ * Anne Frasier delivers thoroughly engrossing, completely riveting suspense. -- Lisa Gardner*
"We get murders,kidnappings, town secrets a plenty, and of course a good bit of supernaturalphenomenon. It all adds up to one helluva horror novel, easily the best workI've read in 2006. Frasier is a master storyteller, really painting new Tuonelawith rain swept streets and foggy twilights. As we see Stroud struggle withhis disease, she also shows us the heartbreaking side of Graham's broken home.By injecting hope, a bit of romance, and the need to save these characters, sheresorts to breathtaking storytelling that is both moving and jolting.
The Last Line - This is just simply a masterpiece. I can't waitfor the sequel so I can walk Tuonela's streets again. *Maximum Horrors*
I was hooked from the first page andburned through it like Sherman through Georgia. She captures the empty,dreamlike feel of a small town at night, the isolated loneliness of a man, EvanStroud, confined to the dark by a disease that prevents him from going out intothe sun, and the confusion and turmoil of his teenage son, Graham, who has onlynow met his father.
An excellent novel that I can'trecommend enough. Stephen Blackmoore
" Pale Immortal is the kind thatlingers. The characters are rich,complex. The story is masterfullyspun. * The deeper issues at play inthe book resonate. I'm betting this book will be on my top ten readsof 2006." Spinetingler Magazine*
About the Author
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR
RITA AWARD AUTHOR
~~
Anne Frasier is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her award-winning books span the genres of suspense, mystery, thriller, romantic suspense, paranormal, and memoir. She won a RITA for romantic suspense, and the Daphne du Maurier Award for paranormal romance. Her thrillers have hit the USA Today list and have been featured in Mystery Guild, Literary Guild, and Book of the Month Club. Her memoir, The Orchard , was an O, The Oprah Magazine Fall Pick; a One Book, One Community read; a B+ review in Entertainment Weekly; and a Librarians' Best Books of 2011. She divides her time between the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and her writing studio in rural Wisconsin.