'Will haunt your dreams and change the way you view the world' JULIE CLARK
'Deliciously unputdownable' WASHINGTON POST

An inescapable man. A secret cult. An unsolved murder.

At university, Shay Evans and her friends met a man who seduced them with lies and brought them under his thrall. By senior year, Shay and her friend Laurel were the only ones who managed to escape his dark world.

Eight years later, Shay has built a new life. But when she hears the horrifying news of Laurel's death, she realises the past she thought she buried is still very much alive.

Which means Shay must go back to the place she vowed never to return. As she follows the threads of Laurel's life, she's pulled once again into a terrifying cult. And this time, there may be no turning back...

'I barely breathed through most of this engrossing story, so consider yourself warned' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

'A truly terrifying novel' COSMOPOLITAN

'A stunning, disturbing thriller that will have your mind and heart racing... Had me gasping for air' SAMANTHA DOWNING

READERS LOVE THE LAST HOUSEWIFE!
'Wow I couldn't put this down... dark and incredible'
'A must read'
'Incredibly dark, intense, deeply unnerving, and mindblowing'
'Thrilling and spicy and really well written'
'An utter master piece'
'What an indictment against the patriarchy!'
'Brings dark and twisty to a whole other level'

Daniel Marston is the Director of the Secretary of Defense Strategic Thinkers Program and Professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. He is an Honorary Professor at the Australian National University, and previously held the Ike Skelton Distinguished Chair in the Art of War at the US Army Command and General Staff College. He has been a Visiting Fellow, on multiple occasions, with the Leverhulme Changing Character of War Program at the University of Oxford, and was previously Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He has been a special advisor with the US Army, USMC and British Army, and has published several books, one of which, Phoenix from the Ashes, won the Templer Medal Book Prize in 2003. He received a BA and MA from McGill University and a PhD from Oxford University, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.