‘Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional; undeniable talent’ - Olivie Blake Step into Starling House – if you dare . . . Nobody in Eden remembers when Starling House was built. But the town agrees it’s best to let this ill-omened mansion – and its last lonely heir – go to hell. Stories of the house’s bad luck; like good china; have been passed down the generations. Opal knows better than to mess with haunted houses; or brooding men. But when an opportunity to work there arises; the money might get her brother out of Eden. Starling House is uncanny and full of secrets – just like Arthur; its heir. It also feels strangely; dangerously; like something she’s never had: a home. Yet Opal isn’t the only one interested in the horrors and the wonders that lie buried beneath it. Sinister forces converge on Eden – and Opal realizes that if she wants a home; she’ll have to fight for it. Even if it involves digging up her family’s ugly past to achieve a better future. She’ll have to go down; deep down beneath Starling House; to claw her way back to the light . . . This is a sweeping Gothic fairytale from Hugo; Nebula and Locus Award-shortlisted Alix E. Harrow.