She likes the friendliness of the people and finally feels like she belongs. She is very happy when the townsfolk all pitch in and help her fix up the farmhouse. (This is a surprise to Janet since Mark never told her anything about this.) Janet eventually decides to stay in Prairie Bend and live on the farm Mark owned. (Janet can't understand why Mark visited Prairie Bend, he didn't tell her he was going there, and he hasn't seen or spoken to his parents for years.) Janet meets Mark's parents (Anna and Amos) who tell her Mark owned a farm. So Janet leaves their home in New York and goes to Prairie Bend with her son Michael for the funeral. Janet Hall's husband Mark dies in an accident while visiting his old hometown, Prairie Bend, (where his parents live). For young Michael Hall, newly arrived in isolated Prairie Bend after having lost his father to a sudden tragic accident, Nathaniel is the voice that calls him across the prairie night.the voice that draws him into the shadowy depths of the old, crumbling barn where he has been forbidden to go.the voice - chanting, compelling - he will follow faithfully beyond the edge of terror.Nathaniel. And soon.very soon.some will come to believe that Nathaniel lives still - darkly, horrifyingly real. Some swear he is a terrifying spirit returned to avenge the past. Some say he is simply a folk tale - a legend created to frighten children on cold winter nights.
A peaceful, neighborly village, darkened by legends of death? Who is Nathaniel? For a hundred years, the people of Prairie Bend have whispered the name in wonder and fear. For young Michael Hall, newly arrived in isolated Prairie Bend after having lost his father to a sudden tragic accident, Nathaniel is the voice that calls him across the prairie night.the voice that draws him into the shadowy depths of the old, crumbling barn where he has been forbidden to go.the voice - chanting, compelling - he will follow faithfully beyond the edge of the blood of the past, evil rises to seek undying vengeance.
NATHANIEL by John Saul - SIGNED BOOK CLUB EDITION BOOK See all titles by John Saul.įrom the blood of the past, evil rises to seek undying vengeance.
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