Hex

The English language debut of the bestselling Dutch novel, Hex, from Thomas Olde Heuvelt--a Hugo and World Fantasy award nominated talent to watch

Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay 'til death. Whoever settles, never leaves.

Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She stands next to children's bed for nights on end. Everybody knows that her eyes may never be opened or the consequences will be too terrible to bear.

The elders of Black Spring have virtually quarantined the town by using high-tech surveillance to prevent their curse from spreading. Frustrated with being kept in lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break their strict regulations and go viral with the haunting. But, in so doing, they send the town spiraling into dark, medieval practices of the distant past.

This chilling novel heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice in mainstream horror and dark fantasy.

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“Hex brilliantly exposes how psychological fear can make a modern society spiral into dark, medieval practices. (...) Terrifying and tantalizingly good - the sensation of 2013!” ―Crimezone

“Gruesomely well-written, this book will crawl under your skin and don't let go until the very end. Whether you like thrillers or fantasy, Hex has to be read.” ―Cultuur Nieuws

“A carefully and well-constructed novel about human evil, degenerating modern society into a mix of The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch and Dante's Hell.” ―Brabants Dagblad

“One of the most original and terrifying books in recent years, Hex is a hit. It shows deep psychological insight, and is guaranteed to cause some sleepless nights.” ―De Leestafel

THOMAS OLDE HEUVELT is a Dutch author of several novels, including HEX, and many stories of the fantastic. He has been called "One of Europe's foremost talents in fantastic literature" by BBC Radio. Olde Heuvelt has been nominated for the Hugo and World Fantasy awards for his short fiction and is a multiple winner of the Paul Harland Prijs for best Dutch work of the fantastic.