Sineater

How it reads

Sineater is horror (religious horror, specifically), and its dominant mood is dark. It goes to difficult places and doesn't look away. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in a small town setting, in the recent past, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are faith, family and redemption. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending is dark — no rescue, no neat bow. At 368 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.